Date:         Fri, 29 Aug 1997 23:54:27 -0700
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From:         bill <Bill@FREEHOLDER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Shrinking parts

At 05:03 PM 8/29/97 -0600, you wrote:
> I at one time was going to remove, heat up to
>re-stretch and put back in but upon attempt to remove it was not going to
>come out with a fight. So I just left it, look junky, what else can you do?

You were fortunate it wouldn't come out.  Many plastics have a tendency to
shrink when heated.  This is exploited in shrink wrap and heat shrinkable
tubing.  If you had removed it and heated it, it probably would have just
shrunk more.
Bill    (SE Arizona)            (Bill@freeholder.com)
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