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Old 10-16-2025, 06:03 PM
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Originally Posted by old_tv_nut View Post
Don't know the answer in terms of a detailed procedure, but I do recall cases where the item being potted is put in a vacuum chamber to expell any air bubbles caught in the item - dunking not be sufficient.
Over on the ARF there's a couple Australian engineers that swear on cooking transformer windings in mineral spirits to dissolve any wax. And while it's still hot dunk in marine grade polyurethane varnish. The theory goes the hot mineral spirits draw the vanish inside and replace the solvent as it evaporates. There's a write up of the process.
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