- What is this stuff? - 2 Updates
- Is there any "market" for old electronics, even for free? - 4 Updates
| dplatt@coop.radagast.org (Dave Platt): May 30 04:48PM -0700 In article <4ae56e2a-3a73-499d-b5d5-065755e0fe8en@googlegroups.com>, >The liquid (I think) is a plastic component intended to keep it flexible; a >'plasticizer'. Lots of plastic formulations 'sweat' this stuff, and isopropyl >is a good solvent for it. Glycerine, too, should work. Correct. Some silicone-rubber contact pads seem to contain a silicone oil as a plasticizer... I'm not sure what the non-silicone rubbers use. Isopropyl on a Q-tip has always gotten it off the board and buttons. >DeOxit formulations DO enhance contact, it's worth applying after cleaning. I've had some success in rejuvinating flaky contact pads by cleaning the rubber with isopropyl, and then applying a thin coating of Neolube No. 2 (sold by Micro-Mark). It's a graphite and collodion solution in alcohol, and dries to form a somewhat-conductive film. |
| "Miguel Giménez" <me@privacy.net>: May 31 01:28PM +0200 El 29/05/2021 a las 23:55, micky escribió: > remove and prevent oxidization, so I switched to isopropyl alcohol and > that did a good job. > So I know what to do about it, but what is that stuff? Finger oil? It's silicon grease, exudated by the silicone keys due to a bad fabrication process. Pressure on the keys make this grease flow, then the contact begins to fail needing more pressure, more grease flows... That's why the keys used more often fail more than those seldom used. You can clean it with ethanol, it will work for some months before needing another cleaning. -- Saludos Miguel Giménez |
| Tim R <timothy42bach@gmail.com>: May 30 11:21AM -0700 > > But it is decades since I > >owned a sailing dinghy and have never owned any other boat. > So you rent / charter something and if so what sort of thing? There's an old saying: If it flies or floats, you're better off renting. (sometimes there's a third F mentioned but i disremember what) |
| Mike Coon <gravity@mjcoon.plus.com>: May 30 07:22PM +0100 In article <2ca7bgtiu20madnojo3ce7c2hqqo4h39bg@4ax.com>, news@spaced.me.uk says... > <snip> > So you rent / charter something and if so what sort of thing? > Cheers, T i m Fingers crossed, 2020 postponed will be on https://www.sunscapeyachting.co.uk/yachts/jeanneau-sun-odyssey-389 A regular crew member lives in France and will probably not be able to make it this year... |
| T i m <news@spaced.me.uk>: May 30 09:01PM +0100 On Sun, 30 May 2021 19:22:52 +0100, Mike Coon >> So you rent / charter something and if so what sort of thing? >Fingers crossed, 2020 postponed will be on >https://www.sunscapeyachting.co.uk/yachts/jeanneau-sun-odyssey-389 Very nice. ;-) Dad had a Leisure 23 in a marina on the East coast of the UK and his mate had a Hurley 27 in the same marina. https://www.sailingtoday.co.uk/uncategorized/hurley-27/ I remember as a teenager being hoisted up the mast to change the masthead lamp. Even in the marina the view below me was constantly changing between jetty, deck, marina and back. ;-( The biggest other thing Dad sailed after coming ashore from the Merchant Navy was a Norfolk Wherry, this one in fact (hired by a bunch of ex Master Mariners). ;-) >A regular crew member lives in France and will probably not be able to >make it this year... Shame. Safe cruising. ;-) Cheers, T i m p.s. It seems I've always been into practical stuff as I didn't want to make book-ends or a bathroom cabinet in woodwork at secondary school so build a 6' pram dinghy from plans instead. ;-) |
| T i m <news@spaced.me.uk>: May 30 09:10PM +0100 On Sun, 30 May 2021 11:21:03 -0700 (PDT), Tim R >> >owned a sailing dinghy and have never owned any other boat. >> So you rent / charter something and if so what sort of thing? >There's an old saying: If it flies or floats, you're better off renting. (sometimes there's a third F mentioned but i disremember what) Yup. Dad used to say that a boat was 'a hole in the water into which you throw money' but that said, I think they (Mum and Dad) got a lot of value out of most of the boats they had later on, even going down there and just sitting in them, sometimes listening to the radio and drinking tea, or going to the clubhouse for a meal, even if it was stormy outside. ;-) Our family holidays were often on the Norfolk Broads, either in a chalet or on a houseboat or even on our own boats (pocket / trailable cruisers) with a dinghy for us kids. One regret could be not going out with Dad more often but I am more of a convenience sailor, wanting to go sailing when I want, not just when the water shows up. ;-) Cheers, T i m |
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