Point taken... I did not intend to suggest your said otherwise ! ;-)
I apply it with a swab if possible... but I have
some friends who just flood the thing and have to wipe the
excess up for weeks afterwards. I am luck that I learned about it from
a bunch of SWLs who were serious about radios and advised against using
a lot at a time.
And... I just cringe when I see or hear about somebody using WD-40 as
contact cleaner or lubricant ... as I believe it first dries, then gets
gunky and thick, and finally caramelizes and lacquers over the contact,
making it even more difficult to use, and is a bear to reverse.
My wife's grandfather once sprayed WD-40 on the guts of a big
grandfather's clock mechanism ... which promptly stopped working.
Curiously, however, it resumed working spontaneously about 10 years
later... apparently after the WD-40 had dripped, dried, evaporated - or
other wise became mitigated - over time - it just started working one
day and still works today. I guess that is one way to stop a clock...
Yeah... use sparingly... a little dab'll do ya. I figure I can
always ad more, but it is hard to add less after you do it...
;-)
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On 7/15/2012 8:13 AM, Bob McGraw - K4TAX wrote:
Remember, I said apply a SMALL amount of contact cleaner. I didn't say
drown the sucker as many folks are prone to do.
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