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Comment by Allen Morgan on July 27, 2013 at 2:10pm

By "nose grease", y'all are talking about the natural oil on a person's nose, right?

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 27, 2013 at 2:08pm

Carbon tet, aka dry cleaning fluid, is no longer available except to industry.
Even there it is being phased out, if it hasn't already been so.
I kept seeing references to it in old writing and looked it up.

Any solvent should do for cleaning out ferrules, though.

Comment by paul sach on July 27, 2013 at 2:03pm

Carbon tet is a thing of the past, as I said if you have it ...I'm a hoarder I've got stuff for years and years ...must be very very careful using it ...but anyway use another cleaning agent, denatured alcohol is fine but the more crap you put on ferrules the worse they fit ...polish them by hand and I use good ole nose grease, effective and inexpensive ..

Comment by Ray Ditzenberger on July 27, 2013 at 1:59pm

Acetone will also work. Just remember it is quite flammable. I think Carbon tet is still available for commercial use but not public use.

Comment by dick tabbert on July 27, 2013 at 1:48pm

I think your right on the Carbon Tetrachloride. I think its been gone for awhile. I think alot of people replace it with denatured alcohol.

Comment by Lord of the Fly , Rods on July 27, 2013 at 1:22pm

I thought they quit making  carbon tet back in the 70's because how bad it caused cancer?    LOFR

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 27, 2013 at 12:10pm

Carbon tetrachloride, now there's one I haven't heard in a while.
Paul is right, be cautious when polishing ferrules. Smooth out roughness, that is all you want.
And anything you put on a ferrule is no better than the condition of the base metal. All you want is a thin film of lube. IF you can detect its presence, it is probably too much.

Comment by paul sach on July 27, 2013 at 11:26am

As David said, you need to clean the ferrules, fine steel wool, alcohol,
Carbon tet if you have it ... I don't about polishing the ferrule with a drill take too much metal and you've got a serious problem .. Paraffin I find picks up dirt and hardens quickly ...nose grease ya got it with you all the time, no tubes, containers ...
Paul

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on July 27, 2013 at 9:11am

GREAT TIPS DAVID AND ALL YOU GUYS AND THANKS....... WILL TRY SOME OF EM THIS AFTERNOON.....

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on July 27, 2013 at 9:07am

I'm also thinking a candle stub, rubbed on the male section will serve. You could keep small candle nub handy with no trouble.
Also, making an effort to clean the two sections of the ferrule will pay of. Don't remove metal, but get rid of any dirt and roughness.
For the male part just gut it lightly withdone FINE emery cloth. For the female section, I've used a small loop of bailing wire, with a scrap of emery paper pinched in. Chuck it in a drill and run it in and out a few times. If you're real handy, you could make a polishing mandrill out of small brass or plastic rod, or similar sized dowel.

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