Protek evaporation

Martin Dubow tuner@mediaone.net
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 20:45:22 -0700


Carol,

What's hammer juice?

Martin Dubow



Carol Beigel wrote:

> I finally found a way to carry my "fluids" with minimum evaporation,
> spillage, etc.  For my everyday-no-extra-charge bag I carry a small amount
> of protek in a tiny oiler bottle from Jenson.  It has never leaked or
> evaporated, but I carry that bag into my house every day because my laptop
> is in it!  I have never been able to carry hammer juice in any oiler.  I
> also carry a small amount of glue, teflon powder , and an eye dropper for
> hammer juice in that bag.
>
> In a small sandwich-size ice chest, I carry the bottle of ProTek with its
> screw tight cap, hammer juice in a small screw cap bottle that originally
> contained nail polish remover, the McLube, the CA glue and PVC glue in the
> trunk of my car about 9 months a year.  During the winter I bring that
> container into the house each night to keep it from freezing.  BTW, those
> blister packages of epoxy also go in this box as you cannot depend upon them
> not to split open in your tool kit.
>
> If I know I'm going to need a quantity from that boxm that lives in the
> trunk, I just throw the appropriate container into the tuning kit!
>
> Carol Beigel
>
> >From: "Phil Bondi" <tito@PhilBondi.com>
> >Reply-To: pianotech@ptg.org
> >To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech@ptg.org>
> >Subject: Protek evaporation
> >Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:20:00 -0400
> >
> >Hi y'all (jimrpt will like that!).
> >
> >I have put off asking the list about this until I did a little
> >investigating
> >on my own. I carry a small amout of Protek with me in my tool
> >case..recently, I have noticed that it is evaporating. I keep it in a
> >valvespout oiler(Schaff)..and no it is not leaking out of the oiler..it
> >seems to be evaporating.
> >
> >I live in a rather humid climate and I keep my tools in my truck overnight.
> >Has anyone else had this phenomenon happen to them?
> >
> >Rook
> >
>
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