[Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s

[Bill Carns]

Hi George,

Just to give you a heads up,  Armor All is nothing more than old War Surplus
Furniture polish and it is VERY BAD on rubber and vinyl.

It is not as bad on rubber as it is on vinyl, but it leads to faster
weathering and aging.  Armor All has fooled the public into thinking it is
good stuff, but tire manufacturers will tell you never to use it.  There is
a compound called "Tire Black" (I think it is) that works wonders on rubber
and is recommended by the tire guys.

And like Robert said, rubber does not restore well after it has cracked and
dries, but that compound does help the looks.

And, unless you want to use it on your cheap shop furniture, throw that
bottle of Armor All away.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: Milsurplus [mailto:milsurplus-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
George Babits
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 8:40 AM
To: WA5CAB at cs.com
Cc: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s

Bob (Downs) sure has that right about brake fluid and rubber; at least the
DOT 3 variety.  I've had the misfortune of restoring a couple of Series IIA
Land Rovers that got DOT 3 put into the system.  You don't rebuild, you toss
everything and replace with new.  Way back when, it was easy to tell the
right stuff -  -Girling Crimson was the correct brake (and clutch) fluid. 
With its bright red color (colour) it was unmistakable.

On a more relevant topic - -the rubber earphone caps;    Old rubber doesn't 
"restore" well, but you can clean it up and make it look better with
ArmorAll.

George
W7HDL


----- Original Message -----
From: "WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
To: <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 19, 2016 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s


> If it is actually rubber and not neoprene or something similar, DOT3 will
> dissolve it.  Quickest way to cause a catastrophic brake failure in an old
> Land Rover is to top up the brake fluid reservoir with DOT3.
>
> Robert Downs - Houston
> wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
> MVPA 9480
>
> In a message dated 01/19/2016 22:31:26 PM Central Standard Time,
> jphutch60bj at gmail.com writes:
>> Thanks to WA5CAB and Mike
>> Carbon Mic - checked out works, wiggles the VOM needs some cleaning.
>>
>> Off hand -
>>     Anyone use DOT3 or DOT4  fluid to restore Rubber?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Hutch
>


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