Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
On Aug 21, 12:01 am, "Blueskies"
wrote:
"Fred the Red Shirt" wrote in ooglegroups.com...





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkrUMT1d3C4
Wow. I especially like the part where "about fifty men"
install the wing.
Looks like they used the mixture as an anti-seize compound...
If white lead will harden castor oil then I would suppose the
opposite--that it was used as a thread-locking compound.
But if it does not harden, then I agree, anti-seize.
...
Looked like there was a separate locking gizmo to ensure the prop stayed put...

Now that you mention it, I recall that too. Besides, one of the old
farts
here confirmed that white lead was a traditional anti-seize compound.

I guess that it must not castor oil the way ti does linseed oil.
'Boiled'
linseed oil is linseed oil that has hardening agents (driers) added to
it. When white lead was used, it was heated after mixing, hence
the term 'boiled'.

Only ten men to put the prop on ;-)

Were it a Corsair, they would have needed a boy too!

--

FF

Sorry to disagree, but When linseed oil was first used in paints,(as was
white lead) the drying--(actually oxidation-not solvent evaporation) was
accelerated if the oil was first "cooked,or boiled"--Later chemists
added Catalytic-type compounds which did the job much more effectively..
You had to caution the livestock trade to use only Raw Linseed(as a
laxative) and not the boiled or it'd kill the animals.
Jerry