Rubber Restorer... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

5 Nov 2001

I still see it sold under the brand name "Carbochlor" as a industrial grease
thinner/solvent. Dry cleaners still use it too.

Any decent hardware will stock it.

On a off note, it's fun to add to a styrofoam cup of coffee.. Scent fades and
the cup dissolves to a rubbery shell. Pick up the cup, you're stuck with a
handful of goop and coffee. Oh, and don't get it on your hands. Not only is
it a carcinogen, you'll get a benzene buzz from even small splashes.

And SpotShot isn't anything like Carbona.

Jim

On Monday, November 05, 2001 6:10 PM, Russ Blakeman [SMTP:rhblakeman@kih.net] 
wrote:
...
  Carbon Tetrachloride is what Carbona spot remover was.
I think they've
 either outlawed it or just taken it from the market for consumers.

 -> -----Original Message-----
 -> From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
 -> [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Douglas Quebbeman
 -> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 4:16 PM
 -> To: &#39;classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org&#39;
 -> Subject: RE: Rubber Restorer...
 ->
 ->
 -> > HP recommends a plain old water (a damp cloth) to clean
 -> printer rollers. I
 -> > just cleaned the rollers on my DeskJet 820ce and the paper feed is much
 -> > improved. It remains to be seen how long it lasts this way, though.
 ->
 -> Cleaning isn't the issue- deglazing is. Rubber rollers become
 -> glazed on their surface, and whether it's from picking up dirt
 -> and dust or because the rubber simply fuses chemically at the
 -> surface I don't know. But traditionally, cerbon tetrachloride
 -> was used for this purpose. I also used it to highlight watermarks
 -> in vintage postage stamps.
 ->
 -> Regards,
 -> -dq
 -> 