[SEL] Creating Antique Patina - Reverse Electrolysis

[Dave Rotigel]

We, indeed, started down a slippery slope when we allowed women to work 
outside the home!
         Dave

At 08:15 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote:
>This is interesting, because in recent days I've learned on the Tube 
>Collectors Association mailing list that the tube manufacturers learned 
>from experience that they had to ban women at certain times of the month 
>from working with the fine iron wire used in barretter or "ballast" tubes. 
>Their perspiration was too corrosive. Another member reported that AWA in 
>Australia encountered the same problem with the fine wire in wireless 
>coils. Another wondered if that meant that ALL the women in the plant 
>eventually got a monthly holiday due to the common phenomenon of cycle 
>synchronization.
>
>John
>
>On Feb 24, 2005, at 9:45 AM, bill at antique-engines.com wrote:
>
>>'tis true - and some electronics companies used to ban women from assembly
>>line when pregnant or during certain other times because of increased
>>acids on the skin. It had an affect, according to them, on the fine
>>componant connections and finishes.
>
>
>John Culp
>Bristol, Tennessee, USA
>
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