01-08-2005, 11:18 AM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| What are the benefits of cleaning my lame?
Does it keep the resistance low enough to still be usable for a long time, or prevent dead spots, or something?
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01-08-2005, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Welted 24/7 Does it keep the resistance low enough to still be usable for a long time, or prevent dead spots, or something? | Many. Regular washing of the lame keeps it working longer.
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01-08-2005, 12:46 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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| I goal of cleaning is that is washes off the particles (salt, mostly) that will lead to corrosion over time. | |
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01-08-2005, 01:09 PM
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| Benefits: Longer life of the lame, better reliability...and holding off having to buy a brand new one at a major tournament because you hadn't taken care of the old one and it had a jillion ohms of resistance.
Here's how you wash a lame (Taken from my biz site):
Take 1 capful of Woolite and 1 capful (equal parts) of Windex and add to 1/3 sink full of lukewarm water.
Place lame' in sink and allow to soak for 5 minutes, longer if it's REALLY dirty.
Gently massage lame' in solution of water, remove, then rinse, rinse, rinse, fully in cold water, until no suds are seen. Allow excess water to roll off and place lame' on cloth towel.
Roll lame into towel and press gently to remove more water. Then hang to dry.
Do not dry in direct sunlight or outside, and do not use a hair dryer.
A stainless steel lame' can be washed as often as you like, but a copper lame' can only be washed one time a week, max. | |
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01-08-2005, 08:54 PM
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#5 | | Armorer
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| 1. It will last longer, since the sweat salts that can build up on the metal strands and (for non-stainless lames) cause corrosion will be cleaned away.
2. People will want to be around you because you won't smell so bad, and there will be less risk of having your name nominated in the "king of ming" thread over in the Water Cooler.
Sam gave what's pretty much the standard way to wash lames. I use Ivory Snow and laundry ammonia (which is the relevant ingredient in Windex), but that's neither here on there.
-Dave
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01-10-2005, 03:00 AM
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Originally Posted by neevel but that's neither here on there.
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01-10-2005, 03:42 AM
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| If you clean your lame with mechanical oil you prevent the corrosion. So do it.
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01-10-2005, 11:15 AM
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Originally Posted by VELISARIOS If you clean your lame with mechanical oil you prevent the corrosion. So do it. | Say WHAT??? Please tell me you're joking... | |
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01-10-2005, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by Inquartata Then, where IS it? | A superposition of possibile locations until you choose one-- then the wavefunction collapses. 
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