Juice du Jour (Lubricants for Action Centers)

[Don]

Hi Jim Bryant,

If we are trying to get the flange to swell then *why* are we applying the
water on the bushing? And if all you want to do is *press* the felt, why
not just use dry heat!


At 11:28 PM 3/12/98 EST, you wrote:
>
> Z, Z, Z,  we/I have not communicated to you properly I fear.  This because
>the Alcohol/Water solution does not "shrink the bushings" per se. What
happens
>with the application of the solution, is that the water causes the flange to
>swell, which presses the bushing cloth tighter against the pin, which causes
>the wood around the hole in the flange to compress ever so slightly, and when
>the whole shebang has dried back out the flange is looser than when the
>operation began...whew!

><<"What kind of alcohol works best?">>
> I prefer denatured alcohol but some others use rubbing alcohol and/or wood
>alcohol.

The usual denaturing agent in alcohol is oil. I am not sure about the
rubbing alcohol except that it is very hydroscopic, so that *open* bottle
has lots of water in it.


>Jim Bryant (FL)
>
>
Regards, Don