[R-390] Maybe OT Tungsten Disulfide issues

[Tisha Hayes]

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> "Subject: [R-390] Maybe OT Tungsten Disulfide issues
> I'm open to any real experience and knowledge dealing with this substance.
> It is worse than radioactive materials!  Although I can see it, I have
not been able to handle it without major cleaning
> issues.
> It spreads all over the place, and this isn't even the nano version.
> I try to "contain" it, but it always spreads.
> I do not have a glove box.
> What has everyone been doing to avoid it going everywhere and getting
tracked all over.
> I've been using paper towels soaked with alcohol, nitrile gloves, use
Q-Tips to dip in alcohol then the powder.  It is loose.
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it does get all over everything, it is insidious. Also it does not clean
off your skin very easily, in a way the fine material is almost like a
tattoo and takes days to go away if you get it on your skin.

The substance is so fine that if you use it on something like the cams or
those little slider bearings on the RF deck slug racks you do not need to
see it for it to be having an effect. I had found that the alcohol-paste
technique was just a more convenient way to get the powder where I wanted
it to be. Once in place and you give it a few rubs with a cotton swab the
metal takes on that iridescent sheen and you can stop right there.

For bearings or shafts I was mixing it with our favoritely quoted synthetic
(Mobil 1) and putting just a drop in there. The oil was providing its own
benefits and the powder was along for the ride. Definitely not a good thing
if you ascribe to the "mo-is-betta" way of lubricating stuff.

Working with the stuff on radios is easy; There are so few places that need
lubrication in the geartrain. When you start using that powder for other
things (firearms, fishing reels, etc...) then you can get it everywhere
because you have applications where there are sliders or gas blowback will
expel any excess lubricants onto your face, hands, etc... I found that out
when I used a little bit of the powder/oil mix on the gas mechanism of
semi-auto rifles (AR types and M-14 types). The first shot and I looked
like a Three Stooges imitation with the black ring of oil on my face. The
oil just seems to help that blackness from the powder get driven further
into your pores.

Never ever wear white (been there, done that).
-- 
Ms. Tisha Hayes. AA4HA

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