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getuaload

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ebonite hook again chamber
« on: January 14, 2004, 05:40:36 PM »
OK I got mine in yesterday and used it for the first time last night.
To my surprize i didn't know the compound that comes with the kit is in a dry form, I thought it would be a liquid ? So basically all the compound is , Is a
oil absorbant.

OK ,Here is my question to anyone that may have a hook again chamber or may be familar with the product. (1st off let me say i work at for a oil Co. and deal with sorbants on a daily basis) . So why can't i use a oil dry / sorbant in my chamber in replace of the hook again compound ? It will do the same thing draw the oil out the ball with out using heat or any liquid degreaser.

Alrighty guy's let me have it.
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Strider

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Re: ebonite hook again chamber
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2004, 12:47:25 PM »
It looks like a mix between oil dry and vermiculite, but there must be some other chemical mixed in that removes the "excess" plasticizer (according to the manufacturer).  My proshop went to a seminar where they were demonstrating the product.  The demonstrator got some of the powder up his nose and suffered a nasty nosebleed.

Putting your ball in a bucket of oil dry on a hot day should draw out some oil, but that's not the purpose of Hook Again.

On edit: You might get more replies in the Ebonite forum.  Brian Pursel and Jeff Carter both post there occasionally.

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MI 2 AZ

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Re: ebonite hook again chamber
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2004, 02:59:37 PM »
Strider,

Posting history:

Ebonite @ 1/15/2004 9:20 AM
Brunswick @ 1/15/2004 9:40 AM
Columbia @ 1/15/2004 9:41 AM
Lane #1 @ 1/15/2004 9:42 AM
Storm @ 1/15/2004 9:43 AM
Miscellaneous @ 1/15/2004 9:44 AM


So, it was posted on the Ebonite forum first.  This many posts could we consider this to be spam?  
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Re: ebonite hook again chamber
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2004, 03:10:37 PM »
First, I want to say I really don't know whats going on with that, but I highly suspect that the small "plastic like pieces" in the mix are reactive to the resin material of the ball. For example get a cheap plastic tackle box and put a plastic worm on it and in minutes it will melt into the plastic (providing the tackle box is not worm proof). The resin material of the ball and the plastic particles in the mixture react with each other on contact. The other material absorbs oil and the overflow of the reactive processes.
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