[R-390] Maybe OT Tungsten Disulfide issues

[Cecil]

You probably should be working it from the other direction....take an amount of the powder and add the alcohol to the desired consistency.

Just thinking out loud...

Cecil

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> On Aug 11, 2014, at 11:21 AM, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Tisha,
> 
> "it is insidious"
> 
> That is putting it very mildly!  I tried to create one 6 oz. medicine bottle full of alcohol into one container of "paste".
> 
> How much powder and patience does it take?
> 
> I have gone out on the deck to do this.  I spend more time "attempting" cleanup than anything else.
> 
> I have no idea how much I will keep having to add to that one bottle to get a paste.
> 
> It simple is still fluid with TD in it.  I don't think I've even come close to paste.
> 
> Going nut with cleanup!
> 
> Bob - N0DGN
> 
>> On 8/11/2014 11:07 AM, Tisha Hayes wrote:
>> Quote:
>> EndQuote:
>> =========================
>> 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).
> 
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