anhydrous methanol

[John D. Chapman]

Richard,
	I use heat from a hair dryer (low setting) while moving the
flanges treated with methanol.  I use protek when neither alcohol nor
alcohol and water do the trick.  I try alcohol first because it leaves no
residue.  All lubricants leave a residue which may cause problems in years
to come. Even if the lubribants don't cause a problem, they can interfere
with treating a problem caused by something else (humidity, wear,
Mountain Dew, whatever). If you use alcohol or alcohol and water, it does
it's work and doesn't stick around.  Sometimes protek is the only thing
that works, but in a few years the next technician isn't going to know
that those flanges have protek in them and may wonder why the flanges are
responding in such a strange way to the treatment he is using.

John



On Thu, 6 Jan 2000, Richard Moody wrote:

> 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.    
> 
> ----------
> > 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
>