Its cold in Dallas, too cold to go outside and play with the dog. I'm killing time here on the computer. I'm not interested in saving 89 cents worth of rubber bands and it is too late to save 11 year old o rings that have been in an un sealed selection tray for 10 years. The upside is that the air quality is so lousy in Dallas that there is very little danger of damage to the O rings from surplus oxygen. Stan
On Sun, 16 Feb 2003 16:44:11 -0800 Mark Dorm <mark_hb@HOTMAIL.COM> writes: > Well, if you could put them in a brown glass jar (which has iron it > and > doesn't allow oxygen to seep through) and flush the jar with > nitrogen.. > thing is where to you get the nitrogen and the thingy to flush > with... > > >From: Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> > > > > >Stan Wilder wrote: > > > > > Fresh O rings are most desirable, your kit will go sour and be > useless. > > > > > ................ I'm thinking about transferring the O rings to > a zip > > > lock bag and using the assortment box for wavy washers, relays, > >switches, > > > sun visor hold up clips and assorted plastic plugs that often > get lost > > > from windshield wiper arms, seat belt bolts. > > > >The zip lock bag is good. Rubber parts last longer if you can > keep > >oxygen and ozone away from them. > > > >Larry A. > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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