[Tfug] Fwd: Re: OT: Latex/rubber solvents

[William McNulty]

That's awesome. Glad to hear it. For future reference, this stuff works on
a huge variety of cleanup.
Glad to help
On Mar 14, 2014 4:02 PM, "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi William,
>
> On 3/13/2014 7:14 PM, William McNulty wrote:
>
>> Good to hear it makes it soft. Should work very well. As for the evap.
>> Just
>> drape a towel over whatever container you use. Hood to see its working
>>
>
> After the first "day", things were soft enough to "dig into"
> (prior to this, it was a half inch of "solid rubber").
>
> After the second, the solvent appeared to have penetrated the
> substance better.  The rubber was more like smoked pork ribs:  the
> meat *wanting* to fall apart (but still slinging to bone)
>
> It's now at a point where I can wipe (if I use some elbow grease)
> much of the clingy remnants off the instrument.  Of course, the
> original enamel ALSO comes off in the process!  <shrug>
>
> I'll still have to drag out some emery paper or a really fine
> wire brush to navigate all the nooks and crannies.
>
> But, this has been a huge labor saver!
>
> Thanks!
> --don
>
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