At 11:11 PM 09/22/1999 -0700, you wrote: >Hi Susan! > Haven't tried vodka, but spit works real good, although not so romantic! > Diane Vodka is more avidly and rapidly soaked up by the crackly dry shanks, as is only logical. You'd rather drink vodka than someone else's spit, wouldn't you? I think that the vodka is wicked into the centers of the shanks better than water would be, though one would have to split them to see. The alcohol evaporates rapidly (ssssssss) when the heat is applied, leaving the water behind, to turn to steam and restore pliability. I think that we have jointly discovered that bending of old, brittle shanks shouldn't be tried when they are left dry. Too much breakage. Susan ----------------------------------------------------------------- >>By the way, I got a post from Kris Anderson (thanks, Kris) who tried my >>tip for rendering old dry hammer shanks more mellow before using hot >>bending pliers, by the application of vodka (Kris called it "Kline's >>Universal Solvent - Not For Human Consumption" <big grin>). It worked! >><imagine fizzy delight> >> >>Has anyone else tried it yet? >> >>Susan Kline
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