Ckorody,
You said "Also it leaves silver stains on connector housings". Actually, I think that is the point, to produce a semi-fluid silver "stain" on the blades of your connectors as opposed to a visible layer of silver and oil goo. I am skeptical of the oil emulsion's stability over time, and having a "gooey" mess form sounds "counter-conductive" to me.
I am also questioning the need for applying any contact enhancer or cleaner to silver or gold (or rhodium) contacts. Silver is already highly conductive and actually tarnishes to become more conductive, and gold doesn't tarnish much if at all over time. Gold is slightly less conductive than silver, so it is possible a thin layer of silver product applied to gold interconnects and RCA connectors could theoretically, and apparently empirically, produce an improvement in signal transmission. So perhaps a VERY thin layer (or "stain") of Silclear on gold connectors would improve performance.
Where I am thinking Silclear should provide a distinct improvement in electrical contact and conductivity is on copper or brass AC plugs and internal wire terminations, and on copper speaker wire terminations. Here the better conductivity of silver and benign effect of silver tarnish over time would make this an excellent contact surface for AC and speaker wire applications.
Since I am thinking about how to most productively use this stuff on my system, others thoughts appreciated on this topic.
You said "Also it leaves silver stains on connector housings". Actually, I think that is the point, to produce a semi-fluid silver "stain" on the blades of your connectors as opposed to a visible layer of silver and oil goo. I am skeptical of the oil emulsion's stability over time, and having a "gooey" mess form sounds "counter-conductive" to me.
I am also questioning the need for applying any contact enhancer or cleaner to silver or gold (or rhodium) contacts. Silver is already highly conductive and actually tarnishes to become more conductive, and gold doesn't tarnish much if at all over time. Gold is slightly less conductive than silver, so it is possible a thin layer of silver product applied to gold interconnects and RCA connectors could theoretically, and apparently empirically, produce an improvement in signal transmission. So perhaps a VERY thin layer (or "stain") of Silclear on gold connectors would improve performance.
Where I am thinking Silclear should provide a distinct improvement in electrical contact and conductivity is on copper or brass AC plugs and internal wire terminations, and on copper speaker wire terminations. Here the better conductivity of silver and benign effect of silver tarnish over time would make this an excellent contact surface for AC and speaker wire applications.
Since I am thinking about how to most productively use this stuff on my system, others thoughts appreciated on this topic.