On 07/12/2016 04:12 AM, N_Cook wrote:
On 12/07/2016 04:40, Ralph Mowery wrote:
In article ,
says...




** IME, good old WD40 cures many contact problems that DeOxit will
not - particularly when penetration deep into a mechanism is required.

There are many similar products too, like CRC2-26 that have the same
formulation and so do exactly the same job while costing more.

What the heck do you use ?


.... Phil


Depends on what I am doing. Where many would use WD40 as a cleaner, I
use Kroil as a penetrating type of oil and a few other usages.

For some cleaning of the grease off large pieces of metal
I use Ed's Red.



Doesn't WD40 attack certain plastic, and unless you know what plastic is
in a switch, try on a scrapper example first

Especially since the switches later Tek portable scopes have plastic
parts that fail often. Dunno if the 465 has them or not, but the 485 does.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

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