Dipped Swages, again...

[Brian Duff]

I believe it was decided that swages that are dipped in goo, preferably a polyurethane or hybrid sealat to help it adhear to the wire strands to keep salt water and everthig else out...last longer. There is one more problem we see.
It takes a lot longer to assemble and swage wires with nasty sticky goo that has to be cleaned off each swage or risk getting it everywhere. Yuck! , expensive too.
What about smothering the wire end in lanacote before swaging ?
It is alot easier to clean up and can be just whiped off the dies and wire/swage with a dry rag at the and no thinners are needed cause the left over slight grease film isn't going to hurt anything, it even seems makes the swages shiny and smooth.
Any objections to that practice ? Will the lanocote run out on hot days ?

Always trying to learn ...
Brian