---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment Would whale oil in naptha have a similar effect being an animal extract lube such as tallow? Hope not :-( Jon Page At 10:56 PM 6/19/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Tallow is animal fat. Fat has a low PH. Hence the term fatty acid. The >tallow doesn't turn green but rather the process of oxidizing the copper >in the center pin liberates copper from the brass in the form of green >colored oxides which in turn mix with the tallow making the green goo. >Actually, I have no proof that this is the process but it makes sense to >me. Sometime when you have a really bad shank, pull out the cloth from >the wood and look at it with a lense. Every time I hear someone say that >these parts can be cleaned out and repinned I just think about how badly >eaten up the cloth is from the same process that caused the corrosion. > >Dale Fox >>>> >> >>Ah, very interesting, now we're getting somewhere. But it begs the >>question >>- what is it that turns the tallow green??? >> >>Christopher > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj. > Jon Page, Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. mailto:jpage@capecod.net ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/d1/85/5c/d9/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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