On Sun, 30 Oct 2005 13:39:44 -0500, Jeff Wisnia
wrote:

pyotr filipivich wrote:
Greetings and Salutations

Other day, I'm sent over to the Mori Cell in Bldg 1, and the first
thing Bob says is "Okay, clear off the granite slab, get a cup of coffee,
pour it on the slab and wipe it off."
?Wash the slab with coffee?
"Yeah, it cuts the oil from the Komo." [The Komo has spray and chip
issues. Even with shower curtains going up near the ceiling, it still
manages to fling chips on our rock. Bad Komo, bad.]

Anyway, I figure "WTH, he's been doing this longer than I..." and clear
off the slab, pour the coffee and start wiping. It works, too! And after
all I've said about building 1's coffee, you really _can_ use it as an
industrial cleaner....


So, is this just one of those 'field expedites' or just something
Machinists Know, which Engineers lack the hands on experience to know?


tschus
pyotr


I'd say it'd be better if you used Coca Cola. The carbonic acid has a
better chance of cutting that oil film. Followed by a water wipe to get
rid of any sticky sugar.

Before the daze of windshield washers on vehicles I used to see guys at
truck stops buy a (glass) bottle of Coca Cola, put their thumb over the
opening, shake it up and let some squirt onto their truck windshields,
then drink the remainder of the bottle while they were wiping off the
glass with free paper towels. I tried it and it did seem to work.

Use diet, as the sugar leaves a film.

Those were also the days when some girls believed the same shake and
squirt thing with a bottle of Coca Cola was an effective post-coital
spermacidal douche. (That's more than you needed to know I guess....)

Jeff

NEVER use a cold one for this..ever.

Gunner, pondering memories.......
"Pax Americana is a philosophy. Hardly an empire.
Making sure other people play nice and dont kill each other (and us)
off in job lots is hardly empire building, particularly when you give
them self determination under "play nice" rules.

Think of it as having your older brother knock the **** out of you
for torturing the cat." Gunner