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<DIV><STRONG>"If you want to know the truth, stop having opinions" (Chinese fortune cookie)</STRONG></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 05/19/07 21:56:28 Central Daylight Time, tvaktvak@sbcglobal.net writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Does Protek have a shelf life? I've had a big bottle for about 3 or 4 years. The last time I poured some into my hypo oiler bottle I noticed some "flakes" floating around in the liquid. I know of no foreign substances that could have gotten into the bottle, so the flakes must come from the Protek.</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>I have always washed out the hypo-oilers with soap and water after I experienced the same thing several years ago. The Protek is no at fault. What I think you're seeing are bits of plastic from the molding of the bottle. </DIV>
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<DIV>They're small, and perhaps a bit whiter in color than the liquid. I call them "flakes" because they're shaped like little corn flakes; flat and irregularly shaped. They don't seem stiff, but flexible and diaphanous. </DIV>
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<DIV>I have to say that the liquid in the new bottle of Protek (the old one is almost empty) is clearer in color than from the old bottle. The Protek in the old bottle is yellower. </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>This also is my experience, and have found no alteration in its effect.</DIV>
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<DIV>Paul</DIV>
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<DIV>It still works, though. I've used it recently with the usual great results.</DIV>
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<DIV>Anybody ever see something like this?<BR><BR>Tom Sivak</DIV>
<DIV>Chicago</DIV>
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