TEMPILAQ

[Wm.Traynor]

How seriously should I take the need for, "Tempilaq Green Label Thinner"?
The story that I have read is that Tempilaq, the actual temperature indicating liquid, contains a solvent which evaporates while the cap is off the bottle. Being a SKINFLINT, I am loathe to spend more money than necessary. None of the Yt videos that I have seen, made a mention of the need for Thinner.

Does anyone use the Thinner?

[No1Mk3]

I've never seen the need for it, stuff seems to be able to be thinly applied without effort, works as is, and I can't see that thinning would really improve it to any worthwhile degree.

[Wm.Traynor]

Thank you No1

[Wm.Traynor]

Got some cases annealed today. Seems pretty darn easy but the socket had a terrific wobble so the adaptor was shimmed with 0.010" sheet brass and a hammer. That made it a lot easier to hold the case in the flame.

[Oldbloke]

Pics?

[Larry]

If you do need thinner then Alcohol is what you need if you want to go diy. I have a couple of the dry sticks all I could get at the time in the temp I wanted. I have crushed them and then tried different agents to dissolve the particulate. Alcohol was the only thing that worked. Its a much cheaper way to buy the stuff actually and works just as well. A little harder to apply.

[Wm.Traynor]

Pics?

My wife, the family photographer and the only one with a phone, will be home late today. Tomorrow will be the day!

[Wm.Traynor]

If you do need thinner then Alcohol is what you need if you want to go diy. I have a couple of the dry sticks all I could get at the time in the temp I wanted. I have crushed them and then tried different agents to dissolve the particulate. Alcohol was the only thing that worked. Its a much cheaper way to buy the stuff actually and works just as well. A little harder to apply.

That's interesting Larry.
We have Isopropyl Alcohol. Would that work?

p.s. the Scotch is off limits

[Larry]

Isopropyl should work well as it is normally at a high % as you dont want the water in it. I was using my own home made high % ethanol.

[Wm.Traynor]

Isopropyl should work well as it is normally at a high % as you dont want the water in it. I was using my own home made high % ethanol.

Thanks Larry

[Wm.Traynor]

As promised but very, very late I have pleasure in presenting my annealing contraption, in glorious Technicolour

I sit in the chair holding the drill etc, resting on both the upturned bucket and black pillow. The folded jeans in the fore ground have been hosed and put on a milk crate and at the right time, the drill is emptied on to it.

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[Wm.Traynor]

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A side view but a bit closer, revealing the intricate Carpentry of the gas bottle retainer.

[Wm.Traynor]

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[Wm.Traynor]

Further to the above, I would like to add that this posting pics business is an accursed practice; in our house at least. I know that some of you know the game like the backs of your hands but we; my wife and I, had trouble.
Firstly, she could not find the things on her phone. Then they had to be saved to her I-pad so that they could be emailed to our computer. After that it became a nightmare but that's OK because I can't remember what went on. Something about not being able to find them but I was out of the room. I am of a mind now, not to upset my wife's sweet disposition in future.