Yes,
I used to work at a radio equipment manufacturer
(Aerocom in Miami). They would wind coils that were
sealed and finished with Glyptol. This made them
impervious to damn near anything, a requirement for
equipment used in severe environments like shipboard,
aircraft, and the tropics. Lot's of the stuff we built
is still in use today, very tough and robustly made.
We used to have a motto, ' glyp it and ship it '.
I still use this phrase sometimes, people give me odd
looks. ( but that's not uncommon )
Carter Shore
--- John & Judy Tones <jtones@shaw.ca> wrote:
> I believe you will find that Glyptol is (or was) a
> product of General
> Electric and was originally an electrical "varnish".
> I have seen it used by
> manufacturers of every conceivable size of
> electrical device over the years
> as well as on the inside of engine blocks. I would
> think that if one were
> rebuilding an engine and had the block thoroughly
> steam cleaned that Glyptol
> would adhere great. Its purpose inside engines I
> believe is to enhance the
> oil flow over the surfaces by filling all the little
> imperfections in the
> castings. The stuff is incredibly hard wearing and
> inert to oils and
> solvents as we used to use it as a service shop
> floor paint in the GE mobile
> radio shop back in the '60s and we only re-did it
> about once a year. It used
> to be available in the brownish/red color as well as
> grey plus black and
> white but don't know if the other colors are still
> available but the red and
> grey were both on the shelves last year.
>
> No financial involvement, just an old GE employee
>
> John Tones, Victoria, BC
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