From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jul 24 11:44:13 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp3.hawaii.rr.com (smtp3.hawaii.rr.com [204.210.97.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B448151A9 for ; Sat, 24 Jul 1999 11:44:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from art@hawaii.rr.com) Received: from taz - 24.94.75.210 by smtp3.hawaii.rr.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1774.114.11); Sat, 24 Jul 1999 08:30:36 -1000 Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990724084259.03085ac0@clients1.hawaii.rr.com> X-Sender: art@clients1.hawaii.rr.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1999 08:42:59 -1000 To: rules@bellsouth.net From: "Art Neilson, KH7PZ" Subject: Re: Q dope substitute Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <00ec01bed5f9$3d1d83b0$5767d6d1@spock> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I've got some stuff here at home called GOO GONE that is super!!! It removes that pesky adhesive left behind when pulling off labels and such. It uses "Citrus Power" !!! The label on the product says it removes stickers, grease, gum, tar, crayon and tape. GOO GONE MAGIC AMERICAN CORPORATION Cleveland, Ohio 44122 1-800-321-6330 At 12:07 PM 7/24/99 -0500, you wrote: > >-----Original Message----- >From: K2UD@aol.com >To: Low Power Amateur Radio Discussion >Date: Saturday, July 24, 1999 10:37 AM >Subject: Q dope substitute > > > >Hi Howard/Gang, > >>There is a downside to using 5-minute epoxy. If you wish to change the coil >>later, you must take great care removing the hardened epoxy with a heat gun >>(in my case), remove the wire and finally remove the left over epoxy from the >>core without causing damage to it. It's great if you're not going to change >>the value of the coil, but bites if you do wish to some time later. > > >My Elmer and Mentor, WB0ESV, told me the that there is a product >on the market called "Goof Off" or "Goop Off" (didn't ask for >phonetics -- dang!) that will remove clear nail polish from a toroid. >With this method, he says that the user doesn't have to risk breaking >the toroid if they want to get the wire off and re-use the thing in >another project or do a rewind. It's available at your local hardware >store and isn't all that expensive. I was thinking that maybe you >could dip your toroid into this stuff and see if it will work on epoxy, >too. Could be worth looking into. > > >72/73, >---- >Randy Jouett, AB5NI > > > -- __ / ) _/_ It is a capital mistake to theorise before one has data. /--/ __ / Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, / (_/ (_<__ Instead of theories to suit facts. -- Sherlock Holmes, "A Scandal in Bohemia" Arthur W. Neilson III, KH7PZ Bank of Hawaii Tech Support art@hawaii.rr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message