Tar on the LCD screen of my VOM

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W. eWatson

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A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
 
"W. eWatson" wrote:
A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...

Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.


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You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
 
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:47:34 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
<mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

"W. eWatson" wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?


Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.
It may attack the plastic.
Click to expand...
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
 
Tom Biasi wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:47:34 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:


"W. eWatson" wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?


Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.
It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
Click to expand...
Leave at room temperature.

Well Isolated From Sparks or Open Flame,
Snap on some rubber gloves.

Grab some scrap terry cloth (Not paper) towels.
Work outside or with excellent ventilation.
Open your trusty can of naphtha and put a
little on the corner of your towel.
Rub tar off, occasionally changing the towel
surface.

Naphtha (Coleman camping fuel) works better than
magic and does not harm plastic, though it will
suck the oil right out of your fingers if you
allow personal contact. See note about gloves.

--Winston :)
 
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:21:10 -0400, Tom Biasi wrote:

To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
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That could work. I'm wondering whether warming the area might soften the
tar enough to let you get at it...

--
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-- Candice Bergen
 
On 2012-04-22, W. eWatson <wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:
A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...
flux remover

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On 2012-04-22, Winston <Winston@Bigbrother.net> wrote:

Naphtha (Coleman camping fuel).....
Click to expand...
.....or Ronson lighter fluid.

nb


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On Apr 21, 10:29 pm, "W. eWatson" <wolftra...@invalid.com> wrote:
A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...
WD-40
 
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:29:31 -0700, W. eWatson wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the garage
today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar. Each less
than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get the biggest
one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...
Try thin machine oil ("3-in-1"), that won't damage the (probably acrylic)
window. If that doesn't work, try gasoline. Don't use benzene, acetone,
paint thinner, etc, as that *will* damage.

--
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
 
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:29:31 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...
---
WD-40

--
JF
 
notbob wrote:
On 2012-04-22, Winston<Winston@Bigbrother.net> wrote:

Naphtha (Coleman camping fuel).....

....or Ronson lighter fluid.
Click to expand...
Yup. Expensive by the gallon that way, though.

Charcoal lighter fluid will probably work as well:
http://www.thecloroxcompany.com/downloads/msds/charcoalproducts/kingsfordodorlesscharcoallighter.pdf

'Stuff is extremely volatile and flammable.
Use outdoors with adequate personal protection
and safeguards.


--Winston
 
On 2012-04-22, Winston <Winston@Bigbrother.net> wrote:

Yup. Expensive by the gallon that way, though.
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I thought he had 3 specks on an LCD screen, not gonna de-asphalt his
driveway. ;)

nb


--
vi --the heart of evil!
 
notbob wrote:
On 2012-04-22, Winston<Winston@Bigbrother.net> wrote:

Yup. Expensive by the gallon that way, though.

I thought he had 3 specks on an LCD screen, not gonna de-asphalt his
driveway. ;)
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Naphtha is an amazing cleaner.

I took three dried eggs off my car door in only
a few minutes using naphtha a few weeks ago.
It left the finish untouched.

'Would have been difficult to do with anything less.

Once you discover naphtha, you find all kinds of uses for it.

:)

--Winston

--

pile --the heart of Compiler!
 
On 4/21/2012 9:21 PM, Tom Biasi wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:47:34 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:


"W. eWatson" wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?


Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.
It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
I'll give it a shot in the freezer. Yep, "attack" is likely the outcome.
Click to expand...
 
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:02:47 -0700, Winston wrote:

I took three dried eggs off my car door in only
a few minutes using naphtha a few weeks ago.
It left the finish untouched.
Click to expand...
Who threw the eggs at you?

--
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
 
Fred Abse wrote:
On Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:02:47 -0700, Winston wrote:

I took three dried eggs off my car door in only
a few minutes using naphtha a few weeks ago.
It left the finish untouched.

Who threw the eggs at you?
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My car was the target, not me.

I don't know who decorated my car.

I assume it is just kids enjoying a few
harmless, innocent 'youthful indiscretions'.

My neighbor across the street got her car door
egg'd the same way a month earlier, so I don't
think it's personal.


--Winston
 
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 20:29:31 -0700, "W. eWatson"
<wolftracks@invalid.com> wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?
Click to expand...
Mineral spirits, then maybe Windex.


--

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jlarkin at highlandtechnology dot com
http://www.highlandtechnology.com

Precision electronic instrumentation
Picosecond-resolution Digital Delay and Pulse generators
Custom laser controllers
Photonics and fiberoptic TTL data links
VME thermocouple, LVDT, synchro acquisition and simulation
 
Tom Biasi wrote:
On Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:47:34 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell"
mike.terrell@earthlink.net> wrote:


"W. eWatson" wrote:

A worker was setting up to tar some roof cracks on my bench on the
garage today. My VOM was nearby, and later I noticed 3 spots of tar.
Each less than 1 mm. Maybe 0.3 mm. I tried using my finger nail to get
the biggest one off, but no effect. Paint thinner? ?? Forget it?


Tar remover, from an auto parts dealer.
It may attack the plastic.
To OP:put the unit in the freezer and then try to pick it off.
Click to expand...

You don't dump the meter into it. :) He didn't say WHERE the tar is
on the meter. If it's on the soft plastic over the display, the tar
remover should be fine. If not, denatured alcohol and a Q-tip may work,
but slowly.


Everyone else was suggesting Naphtha, which is a petroleum distillate
like the tar remover.

<http://www.kcchemicals.com/msds/Bug%20and%20Tar%20Remover%20Compound_MSDS%20NFPA.pdf>

<http://www.kernair.org/Documents/MSDS/turtle%20wax%20spray%20bug%20and%20tar%20remover.PDF>


--
You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense.
 
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:34:07 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Everyone else was suggesting Naphtha, which is a petroleum distillate
Click to expand...
I thought it was a coal distillate, coke oven byproduct.

--
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence
over public relations, for nature cannot be fooled."
(Richard Feynman)
 
Fred Abse wrote:
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 19:34:07 -0400, Michael A. Terrell wrote:

Everyone else was suggesting Naphtha, which is a petroleum distillate

I thought it was a coal distillate, coke oven byproduct.
Click to expand...
It works a treat!

--Winston
 
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