Staib-Abendschein action,WD-40

[Conrad Hoffsommer]

Alan,

At 01:15 1/8/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>    2.There is a local tooner who is in the habit of using WD-40 on
>action centers.

You in San Diego??

>I have followed this guy's work pretty often,and
>I'm seeing a lot of "gummed up" actions,I presume from the
>WD-40(customers tell me it gets sprayed pretty indiscriminately).I
>have gotten some relief with Pro-tek and a heat gun,but I wonder
>what the long term effect will be.As you may have guessed,I'm
>gathering ammunition.At the risk of opening the floodgates,I'm
>hoping to hear from anyone with info. or experience on the subject.



The long term effect is that the wood is, or will soon be, (soggy) toast.


Conrad Hoffsommer
Decorah, IA

Certified Calibration Technician (CCT) for Bio-powered Digitally Activated 
Lever Action Tone Generation Systems