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On 19 Jul 2006 at 21:58, Jason Weigel wrote: > Good info Jim. I knew there was something out there with the proper info in > it. > > Isn't Rubber a Petroleum product? I thought there were oils in it and that > the Vaseline replaced lost oils that time took away? It sure acts like it > when applied. There are many kinds of rubber, but I don't think it's technically accurate to describe any of them as containing oil. Many use petroleum as the raw material from which they are made, but they are changed chemically so that the result is something which is no longer oil. In my opinion, treating rubber to prevent aging is just as likely to be fruitful as treating skin with cosmetics in the hope of retaining or rejeuvenating youthful skin. Time and aging, like death and taxes, are unavoidable. Nevertheless, I'm intrigued by the idea of using vaseline to make old rubber swell and soften a bit. It might just be a reasonable way to prolong the life of some sun-baked rubber trim which has had much of its original volatiles driven out of it. -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~