[Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s

[Bill Carns]

Not good on Paint either..  Best stuff for that Black Wrinkle is WD-40.

The Armor All will lead to whitening later in many case.

Bill

-----Original Message-----
From: George Babits [mailto:gbabits at custertel.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 9:18 AM
To: Bill Carns <wcarns at austin.rr.com>
Cc: milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s

Hi Bill,

Well, I guess I got suckered in on that one; and I don't even watch TV!  I
don't use it except occassionally for cleaning black wrinkle finish.  Wonder
what ill effects it has on that?

73,
George
W7HDL


----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Carns" <wcarns at austin.rr.com>
To: "'George Babits'" <gbabits at custertel.net>; <WA5CAB at cs.com>
Cc: "'milsurplus'" <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 8:10 AM
Subject: RE: [Milsurplus] Headset - ?'s


> 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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