Hosa Caig Deoxit Contact Cleaner 5% Spray 5 Oz

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If DeOxit makes your bulb in your flashlight seemingly brighter, just try the same experiment with lighter fluid and bear in mind you have added an electrolyte solution to an electrical circuit which can make it conduct better.

For the record I use Deoxit but I tend to use the 100% liquid, a bit of a soak then a rub with a q-tip and then a flush with IPA. My little 7.4ml bottle has about 1/3rd left and it has seen a *lot* of use over the last 7 years. I suppose I should buy some more. If I've gotten anything from this thread it's that both the CRC stuff and the Deoxit products work well. But I would always clean with something non-residue first, then use deoxit. Therefore, we have assembled a De-Oxit maintenance kit that will provide years of service and help to keep your hi-fi and AV plugs and connectors in pristine condition. Main ingredient = Petroleum Naptha. That’s lighter fluid folks. 60 to 100%. Ok it isn’t a 100% because it contains Methyl NonaFlouroButyl Ether. Yeah, yeah, that’s the propellant in the can. The stuff that makes the lighter fluid spray out. Then you have 1 to 5% of your trade secret. I am doing a big deoxit maintence on everything electrical here. I am kind of wondering, does this stuff ever remove actual visible deposits on equipment with just flushing action?The result is a cleaner, smoother and more open sound – even on brand new hi-fi equipment. It gives more three-dimensional space to the soundstage, better depth perspective, subtly bigger and bouncier bass and silkier treble with more midband detail too. The difference isn’t profound, but is easily recognisable. For this reason, it comes highly recommended – particularly considering the modest price. DP

My equipment has never really been maintained with it because frankly I was just too cheap to buy this stuff. It certainly turns into an all day affair when you decide you need to clean EVERYTHING. Again, this was not a hit piece. I like DeOxIt. I use it because I can’t buy Mil-C-81309. But it isn’t what most people thinks that it is.

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And let me qualify that statement. Right around 1995 or so I got a got a job in Fleet Training in the Naval Aviation Depot as a Corrosion Control Instructor and the Aircraft Painting School. Previously in the Navy I spent a couple of years in the Corrosion Control shop of VA-34. At Mains Cables R Us, we have used Caig De-Oxit products for many years. The reason for this is simple: they do exactly what they say on the tin, and bring both sonic and visual benefits to equipment and ancillaries when used. Okay, so I don’t know what it is but I know what is in some of the greatest corrosion preventative compounds that there are. In the Navy the Corrosion Preventative Compound we use is also lighter fluid, and propellant with a barium corrosion inhibitor. DeOxIt is indeed the old vintage stereo guys friend. Please stop saying it is a miracle product though. These days the spray is a light hydrocarbon. The "flush" part used to be a Chlorocarbon which was a bit more effective, but I've certainly seen it lift corrosion.

I also know that to test products we put them in a salt fog booth then take aircraft aluminum’s and scratch X’s into them, then treat the metal then place it in the booth. I can unequivocally state that DeOxIt is NOT AS GOOD as Mil-Spec Corrosion Preventative Compound (Mil-PRF-81309) because I’ve tested it in salt fog booths myself. It just isn’t as good. Improves conductivity and reduces intermittent connections. Reduces arcing, RFI, wear and abrasion. Cleaner Audio – Clearer Video – Reliable Data. So I know a thing or two about Corrosion, Corrosion prevention …….. make that a thing or three. I was the up and coming wonder boy in the program as well and once co-authored a paper on Trivalent Chromium aluminum surface treatments with one of the scientists on aircraft aluminum.But Naptha is a good cleaner and a bit of a lubricant and of course depending on what the mystery 5% is maybe a really good lubricant. What it will not do. IT WILL NOT REMOVE RUST. IT WILL NOT REMOVE OXIDATION, and let me qualify that by saying tightly bonded oxidation. Loose oxidation products……..okay, I’ll buy that. But let me explain by that I mean loosely bonded oxide films that you cannot see or see that they are removed. The NAPTHA CLEANS IT. There is no chemical conversion that I am aware of. So I can’t say for sure DeOxIt has a barium inhibitor in it but I bet it is an inhibitor of some kind. As far as converting oxides on metal you need an acid for that. It can’t be an acid in DeOxit because then it couldn’t be listed as a “Trade Secret” because by law “Trade Secret” stuff can’t be hazardous. Stuff like phenolic acid and chromic acid is hazardous. I parlayed that into a job with a place called NAESU where I was a Tech Rep assisgned to the Materials Science Program. During both tenures I either had access to a lab or the greatest minds in the DOD Materials Science Program. Corrosion Control costs the government billions annually in the DOD and particularly the Navy. Airplanes landing on carriers and such. High stresses in highly salt environments. Some of the smartest scientists I ever met were in the DOD Materials Science program.