Since the black heat shrink is used to cover plastic insulation on electrical wires, it must be relatively inert, or it would not be permitted in "the code". Any way, I'll wait a day or two and see if Geoff becomes pyrotechnical.... Keep your steam up! Walt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sam Evans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Small-scale live steam discussions" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:19 PM Subject: Re: [SSLiveSteam] Arisrocraft Mikado
> Walt Swartz wrote: > >> My biggest complaint is the white tubing for the gas connection to the >> loco - it just seems to distract from the overall appearance. I'm going >> to >> get some black heat shrink electrical tube to slip over the gas tube and >> try >> to disguise it a bit. > I'd check with Aristo before you do this. Gas tubing is special as it > is proof against attack from the gas. You may find that two dissimilar > plastics in contact with each other may suffer from plasticiser > migration. This may affect the properties of the gas tubing. > > I'm not saying it will, but a professional model maker used dissimilar > plastics in a joint on a main structural component of a working model. > This repeatedly siezed due to the production of a gummy substance at the > interface due to migration. > > All I am saying is that you should check that there is not a potential > problem. > > Sam E > > > _______________________________________________ > SSLiveSteam mailing list > Send messages: [email protected] > Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam > Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html > > _______________________________________________ SSLiveSteam mailing list Send messages: [email protected] Cancel subscription: http://postfix.45mm.com/mailman/listinfo/sslivesteam Rules: http://www.45mm.com/sslivesteam_guide.html
