The coolant tubing on the lathe that I recently bought is rock hard. What is a good material for replacement? I favor Kool Mist as a flood coolant over soluble coolants because it goes bad much more slowly in my limited experience. I'm also open to suggestions for other coolants.
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Coolant Tubing - What Lasts?
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Tygon is good stuff. It eventually yellows and stiffens, but it takes a long time for the bisphenol-A plasticizer to leach out. It may look like clear vinyl, but it's lab grade, chemically-resistant, dimensionally stable tubing. McMaster has it.
Thanks. I use Tygon for the fuel lines in my gasoline powered RC airplanes. It lasts several years as fuel line. The tubing I've bought is yellow and has TYGON® printed on it; no mistaking it for vinyl.