27 Aug
2014
27 Aug
'14
10:27 a.m.
On 08/27/2014 09:13 AM, Al Kossow wrote:
On 8/27/14 2:17 AM, Christian Corti wrote:
Hmm, most of what I get as bad carts has the belt already in pieces
inside the cart. Boiling won't fix that.
--Chuck
But you can "restore" a worn our belt
by applying heat. The best is to
pour hot water (70?C should be good enough) and you'll see how the
belt shrinks and regains its dark black color. After that,
clean the belt (it may have some sticky residues on the surface) and
restore it in the cartridge. The shrunk belt has a length of 12-18 cm
instead. I've successfully restored many belts with that method.
Wow, that was an interesting experiment.
I had 15 belts, fired up the tea kettle and poured the water into the
bands in a coffee cup.