Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 04 Jan 2004 10:32:14 -0500, Harry Krause
wrote:

It's alcohol-based.

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Actually not, at least not any more. I once damaged an expensive
sailboat compass by refilling with alcohol, only to watch the entire
interior of the globe turn cloudy. It turns out that the correct
fluid is a very clear, low viscosity petroleum based product which
looks and smells suspiciously like white kerosene or mineral spirits.
Some manufacturers reportedly use a silicone based fluid however which
is incompatible with kerosene or mineral spirits. Best advice it it's
a good compass is to contact the manufacturer and get whatever they
recommend.




Cool! It's been a while since I've emptied the contents of compasses
into drinking glasses filled with OJ and ice!

Thanks for the correction!



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