[Milsurplus] Re: [The WS No.19 Group] Plastics turning to cheesecake

[Brian Clarke]

Could be de-polymerisation of the poly-vinyl-chloride. Well-known problem with house wiring = great income earner for electricians.
Brian.
  You wondered:
  I wonder: what is going on here. Is the "plasticizer" which lends flexibility or some softness to plastics based materials, now migrating to the surface? Or?
  Will all plastics based components meet this fate - the still solid ones just waiting their turn?