Fred Scoles rote, 2/8: <<After Desert Storm Gulf War, a Marine who fought in the war spotted a bottle of Protek CPL on my desk. He said that's what he and some other Marines used to keep their handguns and rifles firing, because the standard lubricants all attracted dust, sand, and eventually locked or siezed the firing mechanisms. He didn't remember how they got the CPL over there; but it worked.>> And here I thought Joe Vitti had gone through two bushels of vintage and gunked Steinway parts to scrape up a 1/4 tsp of vertigris, for anaylsis by his friend over in the Stoney Brook chem dept, so that they could formulate the solvent specifically for us. Pop! goes another myth. Please, Joe, say it aint so..... Bill Ballard RPT NH Chapt. "You'll make more money selling my advice than following it" Steve Forbes, quoting his father, Malcom.
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