I don't have a way to make plastic new, but I've had good results with
WD40 for restoring surfaces with WD40. Some plastics get dusty and
highly ablative on the surface with age and environment. Plastic LOVES
WD40, if it is 'thirsty' Coat the plastic with WD40, and wait. It
will soak in,
On Fri, 4 Sep 2020 at 11:02, Stefan Skoglund via cctalk
wrote:
> Textilmuseet (textiles and clothes museum in Borås, Sweden) have a
> number of items which was haute couture in the 70s and 80s. Some of
> them was done in a plastic which today is basically an awful mess...
>
> And so they are
ons 2020-09-02 klockan 13:46 -0700 skrev Chuck Guzis via cctalk:
> On 9/2/20 12:02 PM, Rico Pajarola via cctalk wrote:
> > I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and
> > specializes in
> > injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing that's in
> > computer cases (even
On 9/2/20 1:55 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
>
> Is the problem age per se or exposure (UV, oxidation, heat, etc.) over
> time that one can protect against?
>
> My Sun lunch box and pizza box systems are not exposed to UV or
> excessive heat most of the time. Some of them are kept bagged
Is the problem age per se or exposure (UV, oxidation, heat, etc.) over
time that one can protect against?
My Sun lunch box and pizza box systems are not exposed to UV or
excessive heat most of the time. Some of them are kept bagged (because
it is very dusty where I live). That should help,
On 9/2/20 12:02 PM, Rico Pajarola via cctalk wrote:
> I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in
> injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing that's in
> computer cases (even though he doesn't deal with computer cases). I grilled
> him at length on
Same issue with many Atari's ST/E, the plastic becomes super fragile.
On Wed, Sep 2, 2020 at 9:11 PM Rico Pajarola via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in
> injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing
I have a friend who is a Materials Science Technologist and specializes in
injection molded plastics. So... basically the same thing that's in
computer cases (even though he doesn't deal with computer cases). I grilled
him at length on this topic, and he insisted that the brittleness with age
(and
Today I was working on a very nice 1995 vintage SPARCstation LX with CDROM
and QIC-150 tape drive (3 lunchbox type units). I was trying to install a
newer version of NetBSD on it than was already installed. The stack of 3
units was stored in a museum grade glass display cabinet. Sadly all 3 units
