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No expensive service costs when you have WD40
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JwRosenthal
·Duck tape - Probably the original cloth backed (duck fabric) adhesive tape, much used by the military. Now a brand name of Duck Tape, which still uses the original style of tape with modern improvements.
Duct tape. Used by HVAC technicians to seal joints in ducting. No cloth backing, but flexible vinyl or plastic to effect a proper seal at varying temperatures.
Gaffer Tape - Used by gaffers/riggers etc in the entertainment/film industry. Like Duck tape, it has a cloth backing allowing durability and a lesser adhesive bond to enable quick rip up changes to cables etc on stage or film sets.
WD-40 - A water displacing fluid (WD = Water Displacing) used for removing/displacing water from vulnerable electrical components like ignition points in car distributors (remember them?). Used often by the military to get water damaged/flooded electrical equipment back up and running.
All of the above is based on my personal experience of using this stuff and finding out the differences for various applications as I've needed them.
One that isn’t seen much is the 3m black photographic tape. I still have a stash of it- paper tape (like blue painters tape but thinner), less tacky so can be used to hold color charts on a walls etc when you don’t want to pull 80 year old paint off (which gaff tape will- ask me how I know)- great stuff for masking off light leaks or covering the red dot on the front of your Leica so it doesn’t scream steal me.
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BlackTalon
··This Space for Rent
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Pastorbottle
·Sometimes wonder sprays, stickytapes, cable ties, and great globs of sealants and adhesives, may actually get you out of trouble, but they are more likely to get you further into trouble.......the trick is having the knowledge and experience to know what you are going to be able to get away with and is the result going to be worth the risk, effort and associated mess and potential problems?
These botch up fixes should be a last resort, not the immediate first stop go to.
Unfortunately lazy and stupid people, do this shit without bothering to think it through, indeed the whole concept of thought is usually something that doesn't take up much room in their otherwise vacuous skulls
These botch up fixes should be a last resort, not the immediate first stop go to.
Unfortunately lazy and stupid people, do this shit without bothering to think it through, indeed the whole concept of thought is usually something that doesn't take up much room in their otherwise vacuous skulls
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Pastorbottle
·Does make a nice coolant when machining aluminum.
I myself prefer to use a coolant or cutting compound specifically made for use with alloy or just take my time and do it dry.
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Archer
··Omega Qualified WatchmakerMilk is excellent as a coolant for machining alloy, but the residue that gets flung all about the place and into everything can get a bit stinky
I myself prefer to use a coolant or cutting compound specifically made for use with alloy or just take my time and do it dry.
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Pastorbottle
·I wanna know who thought: " ya know what I reckon? I should give milk a go"
It's a trick taught to me be old timers back way when.
We only did it the once, to show me how........no guessing who had to clean it all up afterwards!
It will be the milk fat and water that do the job, so none of your silly low fat, diet or vegan nonsense, yippie dippie hippie shit, need not apply,
It's a trick taught to me be old timers back way when.
We only did it the once, to show me how........no guessing who had to clean it all up afterwards!
It will be the milk fat and water that do the job, so none of your silly low fat, diet or vegan nonsense, yippie dippie hippie shit, need not apply,
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JwRosenthal
·I wanna know who thought: " ya know what I reckon? I should give milk a go"
It's a trick taught to me be old timers back way when.
We only did it the once, to show me how........no guessing who had to clean it all up afterwards!
It will be the milk fat and water that do the job, so none of your silly low fat, diet or vegan nonsense, yippie dippie hippie shit, need not apply,
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Pastorbottle
·Now that I think about it the use of milk probably came out of the workshops of the dairy industry, the pong wouldn't bother them much as they'd be surrounded by it anyway.
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OMTOM
·...but if you're going fast, you need speed tape.
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·..but if you're going fast, you need speed tape.
