Hard Rubber Side Plates
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Re: Hard Rubber Side Plates
#21Kit is listed on Amazon but its 25 bucks plus 13 shipping. Would like to see a test drive before dropping that cash!
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#22Everything I found online is on the continent so shipping is a deal killer, costing more than the product and takes forever.
Maybe some before and after photos would make me confortable with the $. sevilla315 ?
Maybe some before and after photos would make me confortable with the $. sevilla315 ?
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#23cemists on the forum; black powder is black in color - a mixture of kno3 and carbon bucky balls rubbed on the layer of sulphur might turn the top layer black? i do not have any brown rubber reels to try, only black ones thank goodness.
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#24Seabowisha Salmo T wrote: ↑09/07/22 18:40chemists on the forum; black powder is black in color - a mixture of kno3 and carbon bucky balls rubbed on the layer of sulphur might turn the top layer black? i do not have any brown rubber reels to try, only black ones thank goodness.
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#25I gave up my photobucket account so don't have an account to upload photos.steeliefool wrote: ↑09/07/22 13:44Everything I found online is on the continent so shipping is a deal killer, costing more than the product and takes forever.
Maybe some before and after photos would make me confortable with the $. sevilla315 ?
If you have an account to send to, I can email you the pictures.
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#27Very nice indeed! Thanks.
Is this 30mins of hand polishing...rubbing?
What was your "process" please.
Is this 30mins of hand polishing...rubbing?
What was your "process" please.
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Re: Hard Rubber Side Plates
#29The creme is very thick, almost gooey, with a strong smell of white spirits or other.
As per instructions on the tin, using a cloth, take a dollop of it and rub quite firmly on the ebonite. I think the tins says no to rub in circles around the centre but concentrate of small sections at a time. The sticky, oily consistency means it doesn't come off as easily as say a metal paste like Menzerna. The cloth gets blackened quite easily from reaction with the ebonite and after a short while you need to move to a clean section of cloth with more creme.
As per instructions on the tin, using a cloth, take a dollop of it and rub quite firmly on the ebonite. I think the tins says no to rub in circles around the centre but concentrate of small sections at a time. The sticky, oily consistency means it doesn't come off as easily as say a metal paste like Menzerna. The cloth gets blackened quite easily from reaction with the ebonite and after a short while you need to move to a clean section of cloth with more creme.
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#31I got a tin over the weekend and have tried it on two reels. In short, my search for a magic fix for brown plates continues. I found it to be less effective than Flitz.
Dean.
Dean.