[Coco] Korean Coco 2 question

[Frank Pittel]

On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 07:22:31AM -0500, Steven Hirsch wrote:
> 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:
> >>
> >>>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

Wow this is going on longer then I thought. When I tried getting cramolin for myself many
years ago I called caig labs to ask about getting some cramolin. I was told it was discontinued
because it contained or used (it was a long time ago and memory has faded) some chemical that was
thought to destroy the ozone and as a result got banned in the US. They had reformulated the it and
I bought an fluid once.

I have to admit since I still have 98% of that original ounce left I haven't been following their product
line but have noticed they've discontinued what I bought and changed their product line around since I
bought my bottle of "Pro Gold". It looks like the De-oxit Gold that you have is a descendent of cramolin.

I'm not sure if I'm going to live long enough to actually use the stuff I have left but from reading the
information on the De-oxit Gold and comparing it to the specs of both cramolin and what I got I'm thinking that
they're all functionally the same. They remove the oxidation that causes bad connections, as an oil protect the
connections from further oxidation and act as a "micro conductor" which is supposed to give make for better
connections.

Great stuff!!

The Other Frank