XPost: alt.home.repair   
   From: NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com   
      
   In alt.home.repair, on Fri, 4 Feb 2022 13:26:31 -0800, Thomas   
    wrote:   
      
   >On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:29:46 PM, micky wrote:   
   >   
   >> Elswehere someone says "The felt washers when saturated with heavy oil   
   >> will wick oil onto the post and clamps to keep off the acid and oxygen   
   >> that cause the corrosion." but he doesn't say they come saturated with   
   >> oil, and they don't.  They are dry or practically dry.  All these ideas   
   >> with oil and vaseline are messy, imo, compared to the commercially-sold   
   >> washers.   
   >   
   >When I took auto maintenance in the seventies, the teacher told us   
   >(as I recall) the felt washers act as a barrier which is why they're dry.   
   >   
   >He would keep a swatch of felt in the shop for when we worked on the   
   >teachers' cars (which is how we learned how to do basic maintenance).   
   >   
   >I could be wrong though, as they may serve some other unknown purpose.   
   >We should probably search for references to figure what they do for sure.   
   >   
   >I googled quickly but I don't know what thickness or "grade" felt to get.   
   > https://www.etsy.com/market/felt_swatch   
   >   
   >Do you?   
      
   It's possible that I just assumed they had some chemical poured on them,   
   that then dried, and they enocourage t he idea t hat there are two   
   chemicals because thy're different colors.  If it was plain felt, they   
   wouldn't need different colors, but it's the kind of marketing a lot of   
   places do and  they never say there are chemicals involved.   
      
   Still, I've found most manufacturers do go to some trouble to make a   
   good product, and even if they only made a solution of baking soda,   
   soaked them in that and dried them, i wold think  that woudl be better   
   than plain felt.   Next time I get a new pair, I will taste them, see if   
   I can tell what might be on them, and if there are 2 different things .   
      
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