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Hi,
A couple of months back I posted that I was
experimenting with Shelsol D60 for use as a
compensating fluid for my motors & linear
actuators.
This is a low viscosity, low aromatic mineral
spirit.
I left polystyrene, acrylic, & bits &
pieces of household plastic soaking in it.
I just noticed that after 2&1/2 months the
polystyrene had shriveled slightly & sunk.
This was a good result compared with WD40 wich
did this to the polystyrene in less than a
day.
The Shelsol also caused some of the cheap plastics
to become brittle. The Acrylic, acetate
& some other plastics (not sure what they were)
were unchanged.
I haven't tried running my submarine motors in it.
But one of my very small linear actuator motors wich
had been soaking in it for the same time frame
works fine.
Although the result was great compared with WD40,
it's still degrading some plastics & I'll
have
to rethink what I'm doing with my actuators as
there are electronics inside them that may be affected.
Alan
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