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In Reply to: Re: how do you clean your old vintage tube pins? posted by Eli Duttman on February 24, 2007 at 08:13:39:
Second the recommendation on lemon juice. I got this idea originally from a post here some time ago by Tubemonger and thought I'd give it a try. I have always been skeptical of any cleaning method that could possibly end up removing metal from the pins, ie wire brushes, sand paper or (God save us) Dremels. Dremels are nothing but a FAST way to make a BIG mistake. I tried Tarn-Ex, but the fumes were really bad. After I saw the post by Tubemonger, I bought a bottle of generic lemon juice and tried soaking some nine-pin tubes for 48 hours to see what happens. This stuff really works! All the grungey brown crud was gone, leaving just the naked color of the steel pins, which, after a thorough bath with fresh water, looked brand-new after a treatment with ProGold GX5 on some Q-Tips. Highly recommended!
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Follow Ups
- Lemon Juice Rules! - Mssquared 19:10:46 02/24/07 (5)
- 48 hours is a long time - nightdoggy 20:19:05 02/24/07 (4)
- Re: 48 hours is a long time - Jim McShane 16:36:35 02/25/07 (3)
- I never used Pro Gold on tube pins - nightdoggy 18:52:04 02/25/07 (2)
- Re: I never used Pro Gold on tube pins - Jim McShane 06:18:33 02/26/07 (0)
- Re: Forget Mobil 1... - Steve O 19:13:33 02/25/07 (0)
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