[Coco] Korean Coco 2 question

[Steven Hirsch]

On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Frank Pittel wrote:

>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 05:24:35PM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, Frank Pittel wrote:
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>>> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 07:40:44AM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2013, John Donaldson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Way back when I had my COCO, someone told me about a liquid
>>>>> product that I could use to make contacts more secure. It
>>>>> basically put a thin film of gold on the contacts. I used it a lot
>>>>> on the Cart contacts. Most of these were Tin plated. You apply a
>>>>> coating, let it dry over night, then you could then re-insert the
>>>>> card or device. It would last a good long while, but would wear
>>>>> after a while and then I would re-apply a new coating. It was used
>>>>> mainly on PC's back in the days when you were constantly
>>>>> re-inserting plugin cards to get them to work due to the Tin
>>>>> plating on the contacts.
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like Cramolin Gold.  You would use the Red product to clean
>>>> oxide off the contacts followed by Gold to seal and protect them.
>>>> Radio Shack carries the product, albeit it at a usurious price.
>>>
>>> Alas, Cramolin gold isn't being made anymore.
>>
>> That will come as a surprise to Radio Shack.  Last time I was in the
>> store they still had the "twofer" packs of Cramolin.  Red and Gold
>> in little spray cans.
>>
>> I also have a couple of them on the shelf in the shop.  Maybe they
>> are as valuable as Hostess Twinkies nowadays?
>
> Check the date. I used to use cramolin on the job better then 20 years ago.
> It was a thin red oil. Put very little on a piece of paper and run it on the
> contacts, pins or in the case of a noisy put the carbon or wire. Then take a fresh
> peice of paper and wipe the "excess" off. The improvement was amazing. I tried
> buying it 17-18 years ago and it had been discontinued then already. At the time
> "pro gold" was the closest replacement but as far as I can tell even that's been
> discontinued.

Ok, the stuff I have is "De-oxit Gold" from Caig Laboratories.  You are 
saying this is not the same substance?  All I know is that it works fine 
for my applications.



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