capo lube?

Ken Eschete k-eschete@nwu.edu
Wed Jul 5 14:17 MDT 2000


Fred,
The web address is http://www.crcindustries.com/productinfo.asp?productno=03004

Ken

>Fred,
>Product is CRC 3-36
>CRC Industries
>885 Louis Dr
>Warminster PA 18974
>
>It seems to be a lot like WD-40 or Liquid Wrench, but the metals
>conservator at Williamsburg, who has both advanced degrees in both organic
>chemestry and conservation, says that this product is different and that it
>is very effective at stopping rust.  It is designed as a lubricant. A 1/2
>gallon will last you a very long time...mine is not the least bit rusty.
>
>Perhaps the company can supply you with more details.
>
>Ken
>
>
> >Ken,
>>	Can you give a few more details about CRC? Any lubricating properties?
>>Is it a hard coating when dry, with structure more or less like paint,
>>or does it remain liquid like oil? Any notion at all of chemical
>>components? (Half gallon cans sounds like much more than I would use in
>>several lifetimes).
>>Fred Sturm
>>University of New Mexico
>>
>>Kenneth P. Eschete wrote:
>>>
>>> Fred,
>>> In making my own inquires about products that inhibit the formation of rust
>>> without causing any intrusive damage, I have gotten advise from the metal
>>> objects conservators at Colonial Williamsburg that has led me to use a
>>> product called CRC.  I obtained it from the local industrial hardware
>>> supply house in 1/2 gallon cans.  Application is easily controlled with a
>>> needle tip bottle, and I have used it to dress capo bars with the strings
>>> still in place.  The advantage of this product is that it forms a coating
>>> on the metal which inhibits the return of rust without doing anything that
>>> is chemically destructive.
>>>
>>> Contact me for more details if you can't find it.
>>>
>>> Ken Eschete
>>> Northwestern University
>>
>>> Kenneth P. Eschete
>>> Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.  USA
>>> k-eschete@nwu.edu
>
>
>--
>Kenneth P. Eschete
>Northwestern University
>k-eschete@nwu.edu


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