Post by BlackBess on 04/20/24 at 04:40:46
Believe it or not, I’ve had success with an antiseptic liquid bandage product called “New Skin”. It has an alcohol carrier so sufficient drying time must be allowed. I’ved in the past remember using this “glue” on a random octal, applied with a toothpick & scraping the excess off when dry. But a little over a year ago I received an amp that had 3 0A3 vr tubes, one of which had a loose base. So I ordered up a couple of Sylvanias & a RCA. Well the RCA & one of the Sylvania tubes had the same problem. After verifying all 6 of these 0A3 tubes sounded fine I glued up the 3 that were loose. So one of these glued up tubes has been heat cycled nearly every day since March ‘23. New Skin contains pyroxylin, I’m sure the products listed previously work better, but had this in the medicine cabinet & had success, it smells like cloves for a while though.
A picture for 1st watt Phill even if makes some mad for going off topic
Peace out, Ralph