Nice work!
One thought about cleaning aluminum. A few years ago, I posted here looking
for a way to clean up aluminum that was sitting in the dirt. Someone suggested
HVAC coil cleaner. I was able to get a small container of the stuff, and WOW
does it work. It's very caustic, and you'll have to wear good gloves and old
clothes, but it works extremely well, and it's probably much cheaper than the
Locktite product you used. I used the coil cleaner straight, applied it
with old rags (they will disintegrate as you used them!), let it sit a bit, and
use the garden hose to spray the stuff off. The booms and tubing looked
100% better. Not like brand new "polished" tubing, but still much better than
having it look grungy.
Tom, N2SR
From: Howard Hoyt <hhoyt@mebtel.net>
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2016 11:03 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Force 12 rebuild
Hi all,
All the talk about older Force 12 linear loading vs. Tornado coil
upgrades inspired me to rebuild a 20-yr old C-4SXL I have had stored in
pieces for a few years. I took some pictures along the way, and you can
read about the process here:
https://proaudioeng.com/force-12-c-4sxl-rebuild/
I appreciate all the knowledge I have gained from this group that helped
me with the project, your comments and abuse are welcomed.
Cheers & 73,
Howie - WA4PSC
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