Liquid Tape

Tom Wesenberg

Tom Wesenberg

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Here's a picture of LIQUID TAPE made by GB (Gardner Bender). I used it to repair the missing insulation from the last 1 1/4" on the output wire, and also to repair a bare spot on the field wire. The output wire, which is sticking outside the housing, has two coats applied about 10 minutes apart. I could build the thickness, but want the wire to remain very flexible. Liquid Tape is also good to apply to loose field wrappings or frayed wire insulation. Now that I finally gave in and bought some, I'm glad I did and should have been using it for years. I'm sure I'll find other good uses for it also. It goes on like a thin rubber coating and stays flexible. A 4 oz. bottle cost $5 at Fleet Farm.

BTW, as you can see by the pin in the case, this is a 1929 generator and has the output stud near the front of the case, and no weld seam.
 
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It was always one of those "it sounds too good to be true" kind of products. I bought my first can about 10 or so years ago and just love the stuff. Just don't use it as a replacement for proper wiring and good insulation, use it where you need it.
 
I hgave used it to re-insulate the naked wires in Mercedes mirrors---there is a 7-12 wire harness of very small wires to the motors-heaters,dimmers that biodegraded in the 90s cars, liquid tape has worked for that, but it takes several days/coats, then a final coat to bundle them together ----a 250$ repair on a 1200$ mirror --1 hour time total(over 2 days)for the liquid tape process, to remake the harness is 4+ hours--connecters the size of pins, all wires the same color---

I used to take out the fields, remove wrapping,solder in new wires, or use heat shrink tubing---my own gen has heat shrink on the leads(40 years), the use of liquid tape is a recent thing for me
 
BTW, if you noticed, the output wire is wrapped to the side of the field winding on the 1st style as pictured, and that's why you have to pay special attention to not mix it up with the field wire. I've seen twice where a generator shop mixed them up and cooked the generator.
 
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