A Sad Story and a Warning to All

Thanks, Jonathan. You are quite right. Phosphorous pentoxide it is. Why
aren't we allowed to play with chemicals (let alone dangerous ones)
anymore?
Heaven knows they put enough of them in the air we breath, the food we eat
and the water we drink.
Grim


You are allowed to play with chemicals, they're just harder to get hold of
these days. However with the miracle of the EU you can get virtually
anything in a French supermarket; well, conc. acids, and industrial solvents
at any rate.

Hywel

On removing the screw...

1) put a drop of oil on every day for a week or so - taking care that it
doesn't run over other vital parts of course ! Then try and get it out -
this works better than you'd expect.

2) Do you really need to get it out at all ? You could perhap just tap
another hole near it and put in a new screw.

Hywel

"Hywel Davies" wrote in message
...

Thanks, Jonathan. You are quite right. Phosphorous pentoxide it is. Why
aren't we allowed to play with chemicals (let alone dangerous ones)
anymore?
Heaven knows they put enough of them in the air we breath, the food we
eat
and the water we drink.
Grim


You are allowed to play with chemicals, they're just harder to get hold of
these days. However with the miracle of the EU you can get virtually
anything in a French supermarket; well, conc. acids, and industrial
solvents
at any rate.

In my world, having to obtain permission, special licence, or jump through
hoops etc. constitutes not allowed. As an indicator of freedom, it's a lot
more accurate than the propaganda we're fed by government (and believed by
most 'citizens').

Someone mentioned Potassium Permanganate? You can get hold of big tubs of
this at a farmers store.
Grim

Hello Hywel,


1) put a drop of oil on every day for a week or so - taking care that it
doesn't run over other vital parts of course ! Then try and get it out -
this works better than you'd expect.


Thanks for the advice. I will try this


2) Do you really need to get it out at all ? You could perhap just tap
another hole near it and put in a new screw.

That was plan B. I think the other holes will need drilling out and tapping
as the screws are a bit loose due to the corrosion.

Regards,

Stuart

One trick that I use on screws that are stuck is to turn them the
wrong way first. That is, you try to tighten the screw a little and
often this will crack it free from the corrosion, then you can unscrew
it. This has saved my bacon on a number of occasions.
Cheers
- Mike

In article ,
Jonathan Silverlight wrote:

BTW, silica gel, at least the blue self-indicating type, is under a
cloud at the moment

.... has it gone pink yet?
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