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Re: Leaky Pig



Original poster: "Gerry Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Hi Ken,

If the oil is silicone based, I wonder if it could just be replaced with
mineral oil (with an appropriate rinsing of course)

Gerry R.


> Original poster: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > On Sun, 26 Dec 2004, Tesla list wrote: > > > Original poster: FIFTYGUY@xxxxxxx > > [cut] > > > will slow the escape of oil to something tolerable. At the moment, I've got > > a pool 3 feet by 1 foot soaking into the cement under the pig. > > Oil smells like Silly Putty. Is it silicone based? > > This is interesting. Silicone oils will crawl up and over any surface they > touch. This might explain how the entire inside was coated. I don't know > about silly putty, but the dielectric silicone oil I've worked with has a > strange musty smell, and creeps up wires, and coats everything it touches. > Silicone stuff is dense, and will probably sink in water, vs. make a slick > like conventional oils on water. > > KEN > >