From this thread, I learned that stainless steel and aluminum are a corrosive
combination. I hadn’t heard this before.
I’ve known that copper and aluminum are a corrosive combination and so the Jet
Lube SS-30 surprises me. But I also wonder about zinc (the main component of
NoAlOx, OxGard, and Penetrox) and aluminum. Is that truly a combination that
plays well together?
Kim N5OP
"People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
> On Feb 15, 2018, at 18:44, Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I asked the question to make sure something was needed for Al-to-Al and it
> seems it is truly is. Long ago, I was told that Al-to-Al was best dry because
> galvanic corrosion couldn’t
>
> When I was In CO, I used some stuff called OxGard because it was supplied
> with an antenna. It seemed to work well there, but CO is very dry. OxGard has
> a petroleum grease containing graphic and zinc particles. After about 10 y in
> CO, everything seemed fine and when I took the antennas apart to move to OK,
> the grease was still greasy. I used it when I reassembled the antennas here.
> But, I always wondered if the stuff was truly necessary.
>
> Kim N5OP
>
> "People that make music together cannot be enemies, at least as long as the
> music lasts." -- Paul Hindemith
>
>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 16:45, Keith Dutson <kdutson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>
>> May have something to do with weather conditions. I noticed Penetrox seems
>> to dry out quicker here.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill M
>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 4:24 PM
>> Cc: towertalk@contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Al-to-Al
>>
>> We found when we took older antennas down where Penetrox was used were
>> corroded together or extremely hard to separate. We went to Noalux 30 years
>> ago and haven’t looked back.
>> Bill W2CQ
>>
>>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 9:05 AM, Keith Dutson <kdutson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> Cannot find Noalox here in these stores in Houston. Penetrox is available,
>>> and I keep a supply in the shack for general use. Seems to be pretty much
>>> identical to Noalox for my use.
>>>
>>> 73, Keith NM5G
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>> john@kk9a.com
>>> Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2018 7:17 AM
>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Al-to-Al
>>>
>>> Noalox seems to be more available at the big box stores, I wonder why
>>> Penetrox became popular with amateur antenna builders.
>>>
>>> John KK9A
>>>
>>>
>>> To: towertalk@contesting.com
>>> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Al-to-Al
>>> Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2018 16:09:29 -0500
>>>
>>> We’ve tried pretty much everything in our salt air environment of South
>>> Florida. Most here use Noalux successfully over the past 30+ years.
>>> Bill W2CQ
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