[R-390] Re: Follow up/ corroded tube pins

[DQ]

I'll pass your salutations on to my wife and tell her with great
pride that she just helped repair her first tube radio  *smile*

~ Quig ~

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--- Scott Bauer <odyslim at comcast.net> wrote:

>  OK, I finally remembered to get to the store for some tonic 
> water to try and get the heavily corroded tube pins cleaned
> off. I had bought 10 tubes on eBay that I thought were ruined
> It worked better than I anticipated. I rubber banded the
> tubes together and stood them up in a small tupperware and
then
> poured in just enough tonic water to completely soak the pins.
> I came back in 1 hour to check and the tube pins were
> perfectly clean. No scrubbing or scraping was needed. I did
> rinse the tubes off with water to remove the corn syrup
though.
> I used store brand tonic water. Some brands have different 
> ingredients. I just made sure the brand I picked had
phosphoric
> acid listed as an ingredient.
> 
>  Thanks to all for the good ideas, Scott
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