Thread: Best way to clean elements before assembly?
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Old March 15th 07, 03:31 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Roy Lewallen Roy Lewallen is offline
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Default Best way to clean elements before assembly?
wrote:
Wes wrote:

I've discussed my method before in this group. DAGS for "wes cleaning
aluminum" for the writeup.

Unfortunately, in my location the meth labs were using lots of lye so
we can't buy it at Ace Hardware anymore.

If you are talking about Red Devil brand lye, it is because Red Devil
got out of the lye business due to lack of profits in it.

Calcium carbonate (Na2CO3), aka "washing soda", is sold at paint stores
as "TSP substitute". It's not as alkaline as lye (pH over 13), but with
a pH of 11.5 for a few percent solution it's still pretty darn alkaline.
Would it work in place of lye?

Roy Lewallen, W7EL
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