Re: secondary coil (fwd)

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That's pretty much what I had happen too except that I didn't get the cool
single sheet.
CHip

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Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2007 07:56:55 -0400
From: Daniel Kline <daniel_kline@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: secondary coil (fwd)



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> Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:42:47 +0000
> From: "Lau, Gary" <Gary.Lau@xxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: secondary coil (fwd)
> 
> I too have always used just oil-based polyurethane to coat my secondaries.  
> But the last time I went to Home Depot (the big US hardware/home
> improvement chain) to buy some, the clerk told me that the oil-based
> variety won't be around much longer, being replaced with the water-based
> flavor.
> 
> Has anyone actually tried coating a coil with water-based polyurethane?  
> On the surface it sounds undesirable, but you know what happens when you
> assume.  I don't know - it may be fine and a lot less stinky and toxic.

I've tried it. The entire coating peeled off of my coil like a big sheet 
of dried Elmer's white-glue. Maybe it was just a fluke, but I've never 
used water-based polyurethane since.

Dan K.