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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
My elderly Plastimo compass has deleloped a bubble inside the globe.
Does anyone know what type of liquid Plastimo uses to damp the card? Many thanks in advance Matt |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
I don't know about Plastimo but I believe a lot of compasses (compii?)
use distilled kerosene. The trick is getting it in. I spoke with a shop once that did it and they adviced getting a new compass. |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
I believe that most compasses are filled with mineral OIL, not spirits.
Of course, I'd check the your specific manufacturer to be sure. Sincerely, Jason Brian Nystrom wrote: wrote: My elderly Plastimo compass has deleloped a bubble inside the globe. Does anyone know what type of liquid Plastimo uses to damp the card? I'm not sure about Plastimo, but Silva uses mineral spirits. |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
Jason wrote:
I believe that most compasses are filled with mineral OIL, not spirits. Of course, I'd check the your specific manufacturer to be sure. Mine was definitely mineral SPIRITS, as the smell is unmistakable. Mineral oil would be much too thick for a small compass, anyway and might not work at all in cold weather. Sincerely, Jason Brian Nystrom wrote: wrote: My elderly Plastimo compass has deleloped a bubble inside the globe. Does anyone know what type of liquid Plastimo uses to damp the card? I'm not sure about Plastimo, but Silva uses mineral spirits. |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
Don't know about Plastmo, but for aircraft compasses, check
http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...repairkit1.php $1.71 for 1/2 pint which has to be the least expensive thing they've ever sold. (before shipping) Roger (forty or fifty years ago it was ethyl alcohol -- the good stuff) http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm "Brian Nystrom" wrote in message news:PQKag.4505$a23.2421@trndny01... Jason wrote: I believe that most compasses are filled with mineral OIL, not spirits. Of course, I'd check the your specific manufacturer to be sure. Mine was definitely mineral SPIRITS, as the smell is unmistakable. Mineral oil would be much too thick for a small compass, anyway and might not work at all in cold weather. Sincerely, Jason Brian Nystrom wrote: wrote: My elderly Plastimo compass has deleloped a bubble inside the globe. Does anyone know what type of liquid Plastimo uses to damp the card? I'm not sure about Plastimo, but Silva uses mineral spirits. |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
1/2 mineral spirits (deodorized kerosene), 1/2 mineral oil.
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
I like your input of ethyl alcohol filler, in case of emergency it goes well
with Coke. "derbyrm" wrote in message m... Don't know about Plastmo, but for aircraft compasses, check http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...repairkit1.php $1.71 for 1/2 pint which has to be the least expensive thing they've ever sold. (before shipping) Roger (forty or fifty years ago it was ethyl alcohol -- the good stuff) http://home.insightbb.com/~derbyrm "Brian Nystrom" wrote in message news:PQKag.4505$a23.2421@trndny01... Jason wrote: I believe that most compasses are filled with mineral OIL, not spirits. Of course, I'd check the your specific manufacturer to be sure. Mine was definitely mineral SPIRITS, as the smell is unmistakable. Mineral oil would be much too thick for a small compass, anyway and might not work at all in cold weather. Sincerely, Jason Brian Nystrom wrote: wrote: My elderly Plastimo compass has deleloped a bubble inside the globe. Does anyone know what type of liquid Plastimo uses to damp the card? I'm not sure about Plastimo, but Silva uses mineral spirits. |
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Plastimo Contest compass liquid
Here I found these two interesting articles:
http://www.andrewscompass.com/checkoff.html http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...1/gen01791.htm |
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