On Sep 9, 4:20 am, "Frank Dresser"
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"BDK" wrote in message

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Steve wrote:

But there should be a national holiday in his honor.

It is indeed the Right Stuff!

It sure has solved a lot of problems over the years for me.

BDK

According to some of the posters at rec.antiques.radio+phono,DeOxitis
Caig's clone of Cramolin Red, made in Germany. Cramolin has been traced
back to an even older product known as Gramolin.

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a.../browse_thread...

or:

http://tinyurl.com/3yemgm

Cramolin Red is supposed to be a pretty simple product:

"That formula as called out on stick-on labels put on German-made cans is 5%
Oleic Acid, 95% hydrocarbons and propellants."

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a.../browse_thread...

or:

http://tinyurl.com/3dvvq6

A regular at the antique radio and phono had been selling oleic acid as a
"DeOxitequivalent" product. Caig sicced their lawyer on him:

http://groups.google.com/group/rec.a.../browse_thread...

or:

http://tinyurl.com/2a783g

He is still selling the same stuff, now as "Cease and Desist Contact
Cleaner".

Here's a look at the Caig - Cramolin controversy including a quoted letter
from Caig:

http://www.pitt.edu/~szekeres/caigcram.htm

I've also used some of the less expensive CRC contact cleaners from the
hardware store with good results. CRC Lectra Clean has a powerful flammable
solvent which will nicely remove carbonized grease. Even tiny droplets of
that stuff will ruin paint and a steady spray will bore a hole right through
common plastics such as styrene and ABS. CRC QD contact cleaner is much
gentler. Both evaporate quickly and leave little or no residue. CRC 2-26
leaves a thicker film thanDeOxitand I don't trust it to try it in pots,
but it's been good on switches. 2-26 kept a crummy headphone contact in my
Walkman working better thanDeOxit.

My last resort cleaner on brass contacts is Tarn-X. I like to work on old
radios, and 50 years of age and bad storage can create a corrosion seemingly
immune to even the best cleaners. I suppose the cleaners are doing their
job, but there's such a bulk of oxidation on the contacts that normal wiping
action is often breaking off a new piece of grunge to foul the contact yet
again. Tarn-X does a good job of stripping off these oxides, but I fear
that stuff will be wicked up into the cloth backing of the Bakelite contact
holders and might cause conduction/corrosion problems later, so I give them
a good water soaking afterwards followed with plenty of alcohol then CRC QD
andDeOxit. I've only had to do this a couple of times and it's worked
well.

I do like the Caig products but when I run out, I think I'll try the Cease
and Desist stuff.

Frank Dresser- Hide quoted text -

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Oh, two things. Tried oleic and it cracked my RCA plastic connectors
after two weeks. Won't use cease and desist stuff again - cost me
money and lots of time replacing my RCA sockets in my amp. Oh and
two, if you spent lots of money developing and trademarking a product
and someone came along and claimed they had the same product and
called it an "exact" replacement - I think you would get hopping mad.
CRC and LPS stuff work well as flushing stuff of parts, but Deoxit
always seems to make things better - has ALWAYS worked for me.

Mike