Re: An Idea! for cap

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Original poster: "Crow Leader" <tesla-at-lists.symmetric-dot-net> 

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Subject: Re: An Idea! for cap


 > Original poster: robert & june heidlebaugh <rheidlebaugh-at-desertgate-dot-com>
 >
 > May I suggest DONT do it. I use silicon oil and if you have never used it
 > DONT. Silicon oil will crawl up the sides of a contained and all over the
 > outsides to make a mess. Even a screwed lid will make a poor seal to hold
 > silicon oil. I use silicon oil as a hot chemical resistant heating liquid
 > and it is messy. I use different viscosities from light mono-silane to
thin
 > greese and they all are messy and expensive.
 >      Robert   H

I take you are using this stuff in some vacuum application? I noticed on the
Dow website that silicones are used in some super cleanser for electronics
because of their wetting ability. Apparently there are even silicones that
evaporate like alcohol. Interesting stuff.

KEN