Stabilant 22

[Fred Munro]

Yeah, what Scott said :o) He left out the quantum tunnelling, though - that
was the best part!
I've used Stabilant 22 for years. It's solved lots of connector problems for
me. The next best thing to a soldered joint.

Fred Munro
'94 S4 (more stable everytime I work on it)

----- Original Message -----
From: "scott miller" <macatawa at hotmail.com>
To: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 8:59 PM
Subject: Stabilant 22


> Years ago I checked this stuff out.  According to their website, Stabilant
> is a liquid semiconductor.  It's molecules lie randomly (nonconductive)
> until a sufficient electrical gradient causes the molecules to line up in
> the direction of the gradient (conductive).  Same way liquid crystals work
> in LCD displays.  So a small gap wouldn't need much voltage across it to
> make this stuff conductive.  A larger gap, like beween prongs in a
> connector, would need a very large voltage to change Stabilant from
> insulator to conductor.  I wrangled a small free sample of undiluted
> Stabilant, and have had luck with all sorts of things not Audi.  My dash
> still needs an occasional thump despite heavy dousings with stabilant.  It
> did no harm, may have helped.
>
> Scott Miller
> '90 200tqw
> Holland, MI
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