Roger, I've used your process for many years but like Fred Drash's reasoning for keeping a bottle bourbon, handy. I just might put a flask in my lubricant/glue box. Rob ----- Original Message ----- From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> To: <caut@ptg.org> Sent: Saturday, February 24, 2001 1:08 AM Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem > Rob, > Being cheap, just buy a small bottle of rubbing alcohol from the > drugstore. The alcohol acts as a wetting agent, the water does the > shrinking. The ratio is not too critical. > Once you get the bushings wet, the action will cease up pretty well, don't > be alarmed, once the action dries out all should be well. > Roger > > > At 12:45 AM 2/24/01 -0500, you wrote: > >Roger, > > > >Do you think the 50/50 solution would be about 40 proof? > > > >Rob Edwardsen > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "jolly roger" <baldyam@sk.sympatico.ca> > >To: <caut@ptg.org> > >Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 11:41 PM > >Subject: Re: any new fix for an old problem > > > > > >> Hi Paul, > >> Shrink the bushing cloth with 50% water/alcohol, leave for > >> 24hrs to dry slowly. It will shrink the bushing to size. > >> If you speed dry, it tends to over size the bushings. > >> Regards Roger > >> > >> At 08:18 PM 2/23/01 -0500, you wrote: > >> >Hi All, > >> >Since my retirement from my institutional work, I have been "out in the > >> >field" at some local colleges and schools. A Baldwin 243HP action was > >> >treated several years ago with Naptha and mineral oil, and now gets very > >> >sluggish at times. After I treat it with Protek, everything is fine for > >a > >> >while. Is there any way short of replacing parts, pins and/or flanges, > >to > >> >drive out the mineral oil? > >> > > >> >I'm hoping in time the Protek will, but I'm looking for more sage advice > >> >from some of the old sages that have encountered the problem before. > >> > > >> >Paul Kupelian, RPT > >> >kupelian@oswego.edu > >> > > >> > >> > > >
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