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PB SWISS Handle Vs Svelto soap
FreddieChopin:
If outer plastic layer is damaged then maybe stick that screwdriver in a lathe and just remove this thin layer that has gone bad?
Free_WiFi:
I forget about the rust on the top of the tip ...
tooki:
Well, they’re not stainless steel. Rust is ultimately up to care, of keeping it clean and dry, possibly applying oil to protect.
PB Swiss actually sold titanium screwdrivers for a few years, but I guess they didn’t sell well, since they discontinued them rather quickly*. But there are vendors who sell stainless steel drivers.
*PB Swiss actually does still make a bunch of titanium tools, but only in their line of medical tools, which aren’t available to consumers. Though I assume we couldn’t afford them anyway!
pidcon:
I was curious about this issue, so I did a search on the Santoprene material. I'm not a chemist but I had to look at the chemical compatibility of Santoprene and soap.
Most of the ingredients in soap will not harm Santoprene, but if the soap contains glycerine then it's bad. From the chemical compatibility charts, the chemicals that can damage Santoprene are mostly solvents, oils, and strong acids. So no petrol (gasoline), benzene, turpentine, thinner, acetone, and other corrosive chemicals. For chemicals that we encounter in electronics work, such as isopropyl alcohol, rosin-based flux containing ammonium chloride, hydrochloric acid (<20%) and zinc chloride, the effect is minimal.
Links:
https://www.graco.com/content/dam/graco/ipd/literature/misc/chemical-compatibility-guide/Graco_ChemCompGuideEN-B.pdf
http://mossrubber.com/pdfs/Chem_Res.pdf
Benta:
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