<html> Would whale oil in naptha have a similar effect being an animal extract lube such as tallow? Hope not   :-( Jon Page At 10:56 PM 6/19/99 -0700, you wrote: > >Tallow is animal fat.  Fat has a low PH.  Hence the term fatty acid.  The >tallow doesn't turn green but rather the process of oxidizing the copper >in the center pin liberates copper from the brass in the form of green >colored oxides which in turn mix with the tallow making the green goo. >Actually, I have no proof that this is the process but it makes sense to >me.   Sometime when you have a really bad shank,  pull out the cloth from >the wood and look at it with a lense.  Every time I hear someone say that >these parts can be cleaned out and repinned I just think about how badly >eaten up the cloth is from the same process that caused the corrosion. > >Dale Fox >>>> >> >>Ah, very interesting, now we're getting somewhere.  But it begs the >>question >>- what is it that turns the tallow green??? >> >>Christopher > >___________________________________________________________________ >Get the Internet just the way you want it. >Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! >Try Juno Web: <a href="http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj" eudora="autourl">http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj</a>. > <div>Jon Page,  Harwich Port,  Cape Cod,  Mass.  <a href="mailto:jpage@capecod.net" EUDORA=AUTOURL>mailto:jpage@capecod.net</a></div> <div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div> </html>