[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Tropical Coating

[Gene Smar]

Hutch:

     Thanks.  I knew I had read that before.

73 de
Gene Smar  AD3F


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hutchins" <olegerityincj at austin.rr.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>; <Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 4:48 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] [ARC5] Tropical Coating


>
> Gene - Jim - Others
>
> Yes on the Milsurplus at mailman.qth.net look for MFP varnish .  Someone
> made this a batch up $35 an ounce.
>
> Re: [Milsurplus] MFP Varnish Experiment   I think it was started by Tom
> Dawson Dec  2007.  Get into the archive.
>
> Hutch
>
> On 2/21/2010 10:19 AM, Gene Smar wrote:
>> Jim:
>>
>>       What your areprobably seeing is what is known as MFP - Moisture and
>> Fungus Proof - coating.  It was applied after assembly to all WWII and
>> Korean War vintage milrads.
>>
>>       Some time back there was a thread hereabouts that described the 
>> exact
>> components that went into the coating.  IIRC, it was bees wax and 
>> varnish.
>> There were several URLs for references to the mixture in some of the
>> postings at the time, but I neglected to bookmark them.
>>
>>       Can someone out there refresh our collective memories about the
>> references?
>>
>>
>> 73 de
>> Gene Samr  AD3F
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From:<hyperlabs at aol.com>
>> To:<arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 2010 10:02 AM
>> Subject: [ARC5] Tropical Coating
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> My BC-454 has (what I surmise to be) a tropical coating on the internal
>>> underside wiring and components. It's slightly yellowish and has a kind 
>>> of
>>> resinous fragrance when the unit is warm. Does anyone know what this
>>> material is? Looks quite effective...
>>>
>>> Jim
>>> N3ZJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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