Yo! David:
Sunday February 09 1997 16:44, David North wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BC>> The WD-40 issue created a massive war on this echo a couple years ago.
 BC>> I do not wish for it to be repeated, and I *will* decisively terminate
 DN> Roger THAT !  We had a similar one over in FIREARMS-TECH that just
 DN> went on and on and on.  Didn't get anywhere, just continued.
Yup.  It's senseless, too.  It's a no-brainer to test the stuff and see for 
oneself.....no sense in arguing about it.
 BC>> I prefer to advise hobbyists on the use of residueless TV-tuner
 BC>> spray
 DN>      What are you finding for these lately ?  Since they pulled
 DN>   the freon-based stuff, it's gotten scarce. Everything we get
 DN>   seems to contain lubricants, anti-corrosives, or some other
 DN>   residual agent. We've got one tape drive element where the
 DN>   manufacturer demanded freon cleaners only and haven't found
 DN>   a replacement yet.
You make a good point there.  And as far as I can tell, Radio Schloque no 
longer stocks the good stuff.  You pretty well have to go to a pro-shop or at 
least an electronics industry supply house.  Freon is out, but there are 
still some decent organic solvents around......  One from GC Electronics 
#19-725 is passable.  Blue Shower is about the best, albeit expensive as 
ll.
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
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