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I use vegetable oil on all my rubber and plastic parts. It re-moisturizes them. I used it on an early ghia white seat strap that I found complete, but dried out. I applied the oil with a cotton pad, let it soak it up, applied more, soaked it up, etc. until it stopped taking it, wiped the excess off. Practically good as new. It is now flexible, white, original, perfect for my restoration. Works on tires, plastic pieces, anything of a petrolium-based nature that I've found. Returns the shine if the rubber surface is not too badly deteriorated. Just don't go crazy and drop your rubber part in a bucket of vegetable oil. It can expand and break up. And don't leave excess on the surface. It will attract dirt and dust making a gut churning "bleech" when you forget and grab it with your hand. Trust me. Oil it. Big Al awpresley@earthlink.net ************************ Larry Edson wrote: > > At 06:52 PM 2/16/97 -0700, WK Cline wrote: > >I have noticed in past correspondence that one should not use armorall > >spray or vaseline to keep the rubber soft and pliable and protected. Is > >silicone okay to use? TIA > > > I'm pretty sure that silicone is the problem as Armorall is mostly silicone. > > Larry > > Larry Edson > sonofed@ix.netcom.com > '66 Type 34 Karmann Ghia > '65 Type 345 w/ electric sunroof