A short video about VCIs
Added 2023-11-26 22:32:06 +0000 UTCVCI stands for Volatile Corrosion Inhibitor. It's basically a system where a molecular layer of oil is deposited on every item in an enclosure to shield them from moisture and oxygen.
You've probably already come across them without realising exactly what they are.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zq9cLqbuq6w
Comments
I have received lots of mechanical stuff from china that is coated in oily nasty and brown paper. What you're talking about may or may not be what i've encountered? I have had endless cleanup on china brand things, especially mechanical thingies. Mostly grease, but also with brown paper. I have had to clean mechanical things clear down to the metal and then re-lube them before using them because the oooy-gooyness was just too much.
Joel Murphy
2023-11-30 01:39:46 +0000 UTCI was given a set of drawing instruments in the 70s. They had the brown paper in it. In fact they still have said sheet in them. The other day I got home to find a bag of bits for a Singer 201 sewing machine on the doorstep. The box containing the spare and specialised feet still had its original paper in.
Alice Chapman
2023-11-28 22:34:53 +0000 UTC
