Old fashioned glycerol treatment for rubber bands? What? Does that work? Have you ever tried to dye rubber bands.. they're impossible... red wine... no effect...
>From: Alistair Bell <albell@UVIC.CA> > >on 16/2/03 9:56 am, Larry Alofs wrote: > > > The zip lock bag is good. Rubber parts last longer if you can keep > > oxygen and ozone away from them. > > > > Larry A. > > >ziplocks won't really keep out oxygen, and I doubt ozone either. Maybe >aluminium coated Mylar bags? :) > >But I doubt that regular (dark) storage in the environment of a workshop or >van will be detrimental (provided your keeping them away from the ol' >sparky >electric motor). > > >why not put some silicon grease on them, or maybe the old fashioned rubber >band treatment of glycerol, or talc? > >Alistair > >-- >'82 Westy -> diesel converted to gas in '94 >albell@uvic.ca >http://members.shaw.ca/albell
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