I assume you mean Hopps not Hobbs. If so, I've never heard of using it that way. I have LOTS of it that I don't use anymore. I use bore tech instead. I like it much better.
I'll have to try both as a penetrating oil.
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I assume you mean Hopps not Hobbs. If so, I've never heard of using it that way. I have LOTS of it that I don't use anymore. I use bore tech instead. I like it much better.
I'll have to try both as a penetrating oil.
Thanks my error.
NP. Even my question was wrong. It's actually Hoppes!
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I think I have posted tis before on the forum...the best "loosener we have ever used on the farm is just common drugstore Iodine. We have used it to free up bearings that have been rusting on shaft's for 20 years. We had a small jar of the stuff in every toolbox on the farm.
I'm allergic to iodine. My mother used it on every cut I ever got. Stuff hurts like hell on an open cut. As time passed, my allergy (hatred) grew to the point that I don't want it near me anymore.
I still have nightmare memories of stitching the web of my thumb and hand up myself during an extended hunting trip. Iodine plus a sewing needle and fishing line worked but not something I ever want to do again. Scars are still there to remind me.
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“Yes, the acetone evaporates. After 2 or 3 times of mixing up a squirt bottle full, I've learned now to just mix as I need it.”
I have my solvents, clearers, etc in these small (250ml) plastic spray bottles (from Amazon, only couple bucks each). I have been doing this for 6 or 8 months and no issues. Both acetone and isopropyl don’t escape (evaporate noticeably) from these bottles.
“Yes, the acetone evaporates. After 2 or 3 times of mixing up a squirt bottle full, I've learned now to just mix as I need it.”
I have my solvents, clearers, etc in these small (250ml) plastic spray bottles (from Amazon, only couple bucks each). I have been doing this for 6 or 8 months and no issues. Both acetone and isopropyl don’t escape (evaporate noticeably) from these bottles.
One of the many things that exist as a bee in my bonnet is my dislike of plastic bottles. Luckily enough, most of the pump sprayers from dollar store plastic bottles will fit glass bottles. A nice glass & brass plant mister sits next to my lathe, filled with Lenox Band-Ade. And you can get lids for mason jars that have pump dispensers.
Places like Lush and Sephora sell aluminum pump bottles.
I’m Canadian, so the milling machine has a maple syrup bottle of Band-Ade.
The triangular glass bottles are $4 at my local dollar store.
Places like Lush and Sephora sell aluminum pump bottles.
I’m Canadian, so the milling machine has a maple syrup bottle of Band-Ade.
The triangular glass bottles are $4 at my local dollar store.
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150, wow. Fowler doesn't make a thing, its is just re branded Chinese stuff (except for the B&S made swiss indicators) with a big price tag .....no wonder it looks the same!
I didn't know that. I have a few Fowler tools I prolly paid too much for thinking they were a lower cost brand name than Starrett but still better than Ali. It explains why my guarded plunge indicator sticks.
Won't be buying Fowler again.
Thanks Mcgyver.