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The person on the phone said that 65F to 90F is OK temps, and when asked if hotter was better, they said they would think so
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This is for the blackener? I have never heard of trying to use it at higher temperatures. I've always just used it at ambient, most recently that has been @65º.
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'm inclined to try 4:1 if you said it was working for you
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Well it would seem now that 9:1 is correct, but consider this: perhaps the reason my blackener seems to stick better is because of the double-strength solution? I have no idea if this could be a contributing factor, but it can’t hurt to try at 4:1, since you can always add more water later to bring it up to 9:1
And another possibility: The suppliers directions recommending “water displacing” sealants has given me another thought. Since the “WD” in WD-40 means water-displacing, it occurs to me that letting the parts dry (as per instructions) before hitting them w/WD-40 is backwards (once dry, there’s no more W to D!). I’m going to try dropping my parts immediately into WD-40 and see if that helps.
Here's some pictures of my real parts:
http://www.hogheaven.com/hobby/plati.../ccparts1.html