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 Ken Eschete, RPT Keyboard Maintenance Supervisor School of Music Northwestern University 847/467-6970
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