[Hallicrafters] Wrights Brass Polish

[edben]

Hello, Barry and the rest:

I've just recently finished a 20 part series of "Chelation" treatments
painfully paid for out of my own pocket, since Medicare doesn't cover them
(at $75 each plus other charges, too) because of high cadmium values in my
blood.  The treatment took a lot of cadmium out and was probably worth it,
but it sure wrecked my budget for old radio purchases for a while!

My only exposure to cadmium that I can think of would be those many old
chassis that I've cleaned in many years of loving old radios!

My most serious current "temptation" is the Scott SLRM currently on "x-bay"
that some friend out their in Halli-land e-mailed me about after reading my
postings about my years as a Liberty Ship Operator.  I seem to have lost
that e-mail before I had a chance to send him my personal "thanks".  Yes,
it's tempting, but (See above) I'll probably settle just for the fun of
being tempted.  Besides, it's not the same as either model I worked with
during WWII.  But, gosh, it sure looks like a beauty!


----- Original Message -----
From: "Barry Hauser" <barry_hauser at juno.com>
To: <polaraligned at earthlink.net>
Cc: <hallicrafters at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 11:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Hallicrafters] Wrights Brass Polish


>
> As a final note:  Many of these chassis are cad-plated, and cadmium oxide
> is supposed to be nasty stuff.  Does anyone know if the witches brew
> concocted by polishing it off represents any particular hazard?
>
> Barry