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In Reply to: RE: Interesting.... posted by mehrdadb_gd on January 30, 2013 at 16:01:22:
carborundum is also used for sandblasting, IIRC. May be cheaper .
IIRC a Japanese company uses it to fill their power line conditioner, and the rumors were that Shunyata used something very similar. If so, the carborundum is not as magnetic as say ferrite, so it takes a lot more current to overload the material allowing it greater current capability before saturation.
Quartz sand is that stuff often used in hotel ashtrays: very clean and white. It's actually crushed granite which has a high quartz. The Bright star people used to recommend filling their sand boxes with that type of sand
I used the quartz laced super glue on spruce that I was using for shelving, thinking it would be like a Strad....
How and where did you apply the quartz and beeswax in your crossover?
stu
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