[Milsurplus] [ARC5] [Boatanchors] Removing Knob White Stuff?

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There are several threads about this fuzz on tool handles and the like.  The opinion is that the cheap plastic is decomposing.  I think that NASA is having similar problems with the early space suits.  They just were not built to last as long as they have.Jim

      From: Don Merz via Milsurplus <milsurplus at mailman.qth.net>
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Thanks for all the kind replies guys! The sum total of the replies seems to be that no one has some across any easy, "spray-on and wipe off" solution. I tried soaking in hot, soapy water.That was useless. I tried Pinesol. Ditto. I'm going to do some experimenting and I'll report back.
73, Don Merz, N3RHT


      From: Ed# via ARC5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
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 Hi Jim!  Yes it is like the  plastic  de-polymerizes  ??My teletype 31's  keys seem to exhibit it the most.. Do not know if itis the plastic's consistency or...  if because  it was a 31  got  stowed in an off the way  cruddy  hot  place? I am NOT familiar  with  Bakelite  doing this  though.Kudos to the person that warned about  407 on Bakelite.The only  trick I ever  found to make it glossy after someone 409'ed it was  to   apply a thin coat of  glossy to the  knob. This only works  really well though when the item is behind glasson display, as if  you were to use the knob any amount the gloss would wear though. Ed Sharpe Archivist  for SMECC   www.smecc.org 
  In a message dated 3/6/2017 5:48:10 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, jhhaynes at earthlink.net writes:
I've been told that the white stuff is a component of the plastic that
oozes out, and that it can be softened with heat from a hair dryer.
Haven't tried that myself.
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