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90+% of compasses since WWII
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Use Mineral Spirits (AKA Varsol), or a compatable liquid. The rest use 50/50 alcohol/water mix. The field expedient for these is cheap vodka. Most of the alcohol fill are flat tops. I do not know what the W&P Hockey Puck used.

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