Date:         Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:12:38 -0700
Reply-To:     "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         "Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"" <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: I'm fixing a hole [in the fresh water tank]
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net>
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David Beierl wrote:
> At 06:26 PM 6/19/2010, Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" wrote:
>> Try beeswax. Works peachy.
>
> BEESwax?  Around here we used that for when we want things to be sticky,
> like waxed thread.  How about paraffin wax?  Or Mobil Vactra #2 Way Oil,
> I have the best part of a gallon of that... ;-)

Beeswax? Who said beeswax? He's crazy.

I was just being lazy.

I got this stuff from a hardware store. It's a paper cylinder wrapped
around a brown waxy stick, which feels pretty much like beeswax. The
label on the paper reads, "Door-ease Stick Lubricant" the manufacturer
claims 1001 uses, but doesn't back up that claim with a suitable list.
They do say, "Car, Home, Shop, Sports -- clean convenient way to stop
squeaking, sticking & wear. USE ON: Exposed surfaces of metal, wood,
glass, plastic, & rubber. Will not stain clothing or upholstery."

It is "The #1 Choice in Specialty Lubricants."

It must be true if they print it on the label.

A Product of AGS Company - Muskegon, MI, 49442 USA

No telling what's in this stuff. It'll probably flake into the drinking
water and cause huge tumors throughout my entire body within weeks. The
doctors will say they've never seen anything like it and can't help me
(though they will, for a fee, offer to re-touch my x-rays).

But it does a bang-up job making that fresh water tank inspection port
easy to turn. Silicone, as you mentioned, isn't much help.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.)
Bend, OR
KG6RCR