anhydrous methanol

Richard Moody remoody@easnet.net
Thu Jan 6 13:27 MST 2000


Suggestions ?

Protek CLP.
	I used to use a shrinking solution and I would have to dry the action at
home, test it, return it.  I am curious, when you used anhudrous methanol,
did you have to use heat to dry it?   If you need something to work
without needing drying out, try Protek CLP.    

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> From: John D. Chapman <chapmajd@wfu.edu>
> To: caut@ptg.org
> Subject: anhydrous methanol
> Date: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 6:48 PM
> 
> I have been using anhydrous methanol to treat sluggishness in action
> centers as suggested by Bill Spurlock in the PTG Technical Examination
> Source Book.  Used straight, it works very well on sluggishness due to
> lack of use (like those nice home pianos which are never played, but are
> occasionally tuned). It frees things up, but since there is on water in
> it, the bushings are not "shrunk", and it leaves no residue like a
> lubricant does.  Lubricants are great, but when you don't need one, why
> use it.
> But now my bottle of methanol is empty and none of the drug stores in
town
> carry it anymore.  Suggestions ?
> 
> John Chapman RPT
> Wake Forest University
> Winston-Salem NC
> chapmajd@wfu.edu


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