---------------------------------------------------------- Rocket-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 07/23/03: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:03 AM - Re: Re: Getting hinge pins to slide (Bob & Toodie Marshall) 2. 12:39 PM - Bob: Re: Re: Getting hinge pins to slide (Lee Taylor) 3. 08:38 PM - Pancake Breakfast (Tom Gummo) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:03:45 AM PST US From: "Bob & Toodie Marshall" Subject: Re: Rocket-List: RE: Getting hinge pins to slide --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Bob & Toodie Marshall" Rocketeers, that teflon stuff really works, it also effects paint surface, creates ringworm and it is really difficult to remove to apply primer paint etc, works great! use with care(:-) keep the dirty side down. Bob # 999RM ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Taylor" Subject: Rocket-List: RE: Getting hinge pins to slide > --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" > > The best lubricant I have ever found for hinge pins, and any > other item that needs a little help sliding is Tri-Flow spray lubricant. > It is available at any Ace hardware store, in a black spray can with > orange lettering. > It is a Teflon depository spray which penetrates like WD-40, > dries clear and tack-free, and then after drying leaves a Teflon coating > that is greaseless and does not attract dust the way any oily lubricant > will. > First used it on a Pitts Special 1-place canopy that was very > difficult to open--aluminum-on-aluminum sliding rails. Two hands on > each side of the canopy had to work closely together to get this #$%@$ > to slide. > After spraying the rails with Tri-Flow, one hand could just slam the > canopy back and forth. Same story with my sliding screen patio door > tracks. Works even better on cowling hinge pins. Spray the hinge > sections and the pin, and I can almost guarantee your pin problems will > be gone. Stuff is amazingly long-lived---my patio doors still slide > great after a year. > > Lee Taylor > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:39:32 PM PST US From: "Lee Taylor" Subject: Bob: RE: Rocket-List: RE: Getting hinge pins to slide --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" -----Original Message----- From: owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-rocket-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Bob & Toodie Marshall Subject: Re: Rocket-List: RE: Getting hinge pins to slide --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Bob & Toodie Marshall" Rocketeers, that teflon stuff really works, it also effects paint surface, creates ringworm and it is really difficult to remove to apply primer paint etc, works great! use with care(:-) keep the dirty side down. Bob # 999RM -------------------- Bob: Thanks for the extra input--you are certainly right about getting any primer to stick to it afterwards! Thorough solvent cleaning would be necessary if you ever did have to do any repainting. Thorough sanding would be better. I should have mentioned that. As to the ringworm, I have never experienced that, tho that doesn't mean that it won't. Do you happen to remember what brand or type of surface it caused the problem on? I'd like to know. I have used it extensively around painted surfaces, and one thing I do like about it is that it is non-staining. Like every really good thing, tho, there are considerations. Thanks for the additional input. Lee Taylor ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Taylor" Subject: Rocket-List: RE: Getting hinge pins to slide > --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Lee Taylor" > > The best lubricant I have ever found for hinge pins, and any > other item that needs a little help sliding is Tri-Flow spray lubricant. > It is available at any Ace hardware store, in a black spray can with > orange lettering. > It is a Teflon depository spray which penetrates like WD-40, > dries clear and tack-free, and then after drying leaves a Teflon coating > that is greaseless and does not attract dust the way any oily lubricant > will. > First used it on a Pitts Special 1-place canopy that was very > difficult to open--aluminum-on-aluminum sliding rails. Two hands on > each side of the canopy had to work closely together to get this #$%@$ > to slide. > After spraying the rails with Tri-Flow, one hand could just slam the > canopy back and forth. Same story with my sliding screen patio door > tracks. Works even better on cowling hinge pins. Spray the hinge > sections and the pin, and I can almost guarantee your pin problems will > be gone. Stuff is amazingly long-lived---my patio doors still slide > great after a year. > > Lee Taylor > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 08:38:36 PM PST US From: "Tom Gummo" "RV List" , Subject: Rocket-List: Pancake Breakfast --> Rocket-List message posted by: "Tom Gummo" SoCal Rvers, Looking for the best place to fly and eat breakfast on August 9th. Come on up to Apple Valley and ... ********************************************** EAA Chapter 768's Pancake Breakfast Where: Apple Valley Airport (APV) When: August 9, 2003 Time: Starts 7:30-8:00 AM Ends 10:00 AM (or when you stop eating) Location: Picnic Tables - East of Terminal Building Donation: $3.00 Recommended Menu: Pancakes, Sausages, Orange Juice, and Coffee Fly up to the beautiful high desert and have breakfast with EAA Chapter 768, "Apple Corp." Show off your plane and enjoy the camaraderie of some "Plane People." Contact Tom Gummo at 760-242-2669 or email: t.gummo@verizon.net ******************************************************** Tom Gummo Apple Valley, CA President EAA Chapter 768 Pilot - Harmon Rocket II - N561FS - 140 hours - 260 bouncing landings