PlusGas … variants

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

The time is approaching for me to buy more PlusGas

I have always used ‘Formula A’ … which came in a blue tin, but has recently been changed to black

So I checked on the website, for some assurance that the product was unchanged

… The words are a bit weasely but I think the answer is basically yes

What did intrigue me though; was the ‘history’

**LINK**

https://www.plusgas.co.uk/en-gb/history-plusgas

Does anyone recall what was special about B, C, D & E

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MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 15/09/2023 16:03:53

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

[Robert Atkinson 2Participant @robertatkinson2]

According to this:
https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-1956/37/hazards-of-winter/

Formula B was a protective coating for cromework and the like.

Edited By Robert Atkinson 2 on 15/09/2023 18:18:32

[roy entwistleParticipant @royentwistle24699]

I Know you can get it as a liquid and as a spray. I prefer the liquid.

Roy

[simondavies3Participant @simondavies3]

Some years ago I was given a tin of Freeway 8-46 by a friend who worked at BA – I still have some left in the tin and it has been my 'go to' for all reluctant fixings. Usually a dribble plus a couple of minutes was sufficient but on occassions, an overnight soak did the trick. I see it is now available on the open market – recommended (even if that wasn't the thrust of Michael's message).
Simon

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by roy entwistle on 15/09/2023 17:02:28:

I Know you can get it as a liquid and as a spray. I prefer the liquid.

Roy

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Me too, Roy !!

One of the things I use, and recommend it, for is freeing-up the slide-ways on microscopes … and application with ‘surgical precision’ is much preferred.

Aerosol cans are generally for the benefit of the seller, I would think. … So much wastage.

MichaelG.

[Clive FosterParticipant @clivefoster55965]

After, seemingly, a couple of decades of being unobtainable i was delighted to find Plus Gas Formula A back on the market about four years ago.

However I was very worried that this return was simply brand name exploitation so was expecting the contents of the tin to be the new (dis)improved version. Any improvement being Ito the makers profit margin by using cheaper ingredients buttressed by hopes that purchasers would have forgotten how effective it was.

Delighted to find that seems just as effective as it always was.

Does anyone know if there is any validity, or chemical basis, to the claim that it is able to pull water out of rust. As steel expands creating an extra mechanical bond between fastener and thread this property was claimed to reduce the volume of rust so weakening the grip. in the past I have experience of applying it to a loose but corroded together nut and bolt pair and finding the bond being reduced to little more than finger tight after being tight enough to withstand a fairly serious use of spanners.

Entirely agree on the wastage factor of aerosols but there are times when a spray can get where a drip can't. Whether with or without the extension pipe. Usually when working upwards at at a silly angle. Been reduced to squirt and hope a time or two when the only access to the threads is deep inside a casting or fabrication.

Tempted to get creative with the basic design of the Eagle oilcan to produce something able to give controlled delivery at upward angles. But life is too short. In the real world I'll probably wast less than an spray can full her there rest of my life.

Clive

Edited By Clive Foster on 15/09/2023 18:30:37

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

I bought another litre (two tins) just after they carried out the redesign. They went from the familiar rectangular blue tins with applicatorspout to a round black tin. Unfortunately, when they arrived, there were no applicator spouts. I contacted their customer support folk and was told that there had been some problems getting the plastic spouts. I don't know if they have fixed this problem yet. I'm still decanting the stuff from the new tins into the old one at the moment.

[Dave HalfordParticipant @davehalford22513]

The last tin I had came with a metal spout and lots better than wd40

[Mark RandParticipant @markrand96270]

Posted by Dave Halford on 15/09/2023 22:27:01:

The last tin I had came with a metal spout and lots better than wd40

Was that the new, black, round tins or the old, blue, oblong tins?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Mark Rand on 16/09/2023 08:40:45:

Posted by Dave Halford on 15/09/2023 22:27:01:

The last tin I had came with a metal spout and lots better than wd40

Was that the new, black, round tins or the old, blue, oblong tins?

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Curiously … the ones I have been looking-at on ebay are black oblong tins

[ which don’t feature on the Saint-Gobain website ]

MichaelG.

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