Rubber restoration

[knickers]

Does anybody have any ideas on how to soften rubber grommets etc, I have some that are hard but not brittle.
Cheers Nick

[Shayne]

You could try soaking the grommets in armorall in a small dish or plastic bag.
Lanolin products are also good for soaking rubber.

[fc4kiwi]

have to agree with shayne any rubber protector will work, just remember to give the rubbers a good wash in soapy water before gluing or fixing to car
contact glue "wont" stick to any rubber protector.

[Phantom]

g'day all,
                  Nickers try contacting Kiwi for all your lanoline needs .
                               Cheers Rusty

[RET]

It was out there, begging to be said.

As the Kay One Double-U One might say:  "Mmmmmm, wool-fat...."

[Emu]

Kiwi just rolls the grommets around in his hands after he has affectionately run his fingers thru Baaarbara's hair!

Emu-Exposer of Kiwi's nasty secrets.

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Another trick, discovered by accident, is to dip them in the alkaline solution that Paint Stripping places use.
We have a company here in SA called Minus Paint that drops whole body shells into a vat of the stuff, gets rid of paint, bog, rust etc, leaves shiny metal, gaping holes where the bog and rust used to be :) and rejuvenates rubber seals. I wouldn' try this at home though and no I don't know what exactly they use in the vats.

[knickers]

yes you're right - I guess RET
Emu - in Kiwi's defence he was celibate when over here in WA cos when I was talking to him he reckoned the sheep over here were 'fugly' - I tend to agree with him

[Emu]

Yeah Nickers,

Your right.

The difference is, we have selectively bred our sheep to produce an animal that yields more wool......The Kiwis have developed a breeding programme based entirely on producing an animal that is physically attractive..... to them.
Hence our "fugly" sheep.

Sorry we wandered away from your original question. I thought you'd understand, knowing Kiwi as u do.

Emu - Australian Sheep Breeding Programme Advisor.

[-KIWI-]

im listenin yer baaaaaaastards


the alkalai used in those stripping baths is just a heavy version of normal products my suggestion is to hlf fill a bucket with warm water add bout a scoop of your domestic laundry powder and let soak because laundry powder liquid is a alkali product

cherrs kiwi sheep and chemical expert

[knickers]

thanks Kiwi - co fighter of the evil Emu empire.

Not being a laundry technician myself - I guess it dosn't matter if its liquid or powder - eh bro!!

Will also try Shanes suggestion