{"id":47546,"date":"2021-01-30T08:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T12:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=47546"},"modified":"2021-01-30T08:44:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T12:44:12","slug":"ron-notes-that-purple-power-is-not-the-same-product-or-formula-across-the-globe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/ron-notes-that-purple-power-is-not-the-same-product-or-formula-across-the-globe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron notes that “Purple Power” is not the same product or formula across the globe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>We’re shared a number of posts here about how well the product “Purple Power” cleans the sticky residue off of portable radios<\/a> than once had a rubberized coating (the coating breaks down over time and becomes incredibly tacky).<\/p>\n

Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, RonF, who writes from Australia with this important note:<\/p>\n

Tip for non-USonians: what\u2019s sold as \u201cPurple Power\u201d (and \u201cSimple Green\u201d, and several other frequently-recommended cleaners for this sort of thing) are not necessarily the same products around the world.<\/p>\n

For example, in the US \u201cPurple Power\u201d is an ethylene glycol<\/a> based cleaner\/degreaser; here in Aus, if you ask for \u201cPurple Power\u201d you\u2019ll get a sodium hydroxide<\/a> based degreaser.<\/p>\n

One will clean the gunk off your radio; the other will clean the gunk *and most of the labelling* off\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow–that is an important distinction! Thank you for sharing, Ron!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’re shared a number of posts here about how well the product “Purple Power” cleans the sticky residue off of portable radios than once had a rubberized coating (the coating breaks down over time and becomes incredibly tacky). Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, RonF, who writes from Australia with this important note: Tip for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2249,2250,8073,2246,2247],"class_list":["post-47546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-how-to-clean-sticky-radios","tag-purple-power","tag-ronf","tag-sticky-radios","tag-sticky-shortwave-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cmS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33834,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/etons-solution-for-sticky-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":47546,"position":0},"title":"Eton’s solution for sticky radios","author":"Thomas","date":"August 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Derrick Yamaura, who reached out to Eton Corporation seeking a solution to sticky radio chassises. 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