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Date:         Fri, 24 Apr 2009 08:25:06 -0400
Reply-To:     Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike S <mikes@FLATSURFACE.COM>
Subject:      Re: rubber luggage rack washer
Comments: To: Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski <kpcnsk@YAHOO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <43C34AEE-A041-48A2-AE35-E6E05286E3C9@yahoo.com>
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At 12:02 AM 4/24/2009, Jarrett Anthony Kupcinski wrote...
>The hardware store wasn't much help.  The largest washers that even
>came close to the right thickness were neoprene rather than rubber.


What are you calling "rubber?"


Neoprene is a synthetic rubber (in fact, it was the first mass produced
synthetic rubber), and can be expected to last much longer than natural
(latex) rubber. I doubt that the originals were made of natural rubber.
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