Just struck me - that stuff is really durable; I have in the past abused
them as prybars, drifts, scrapers, etcetera - and often with a hammer.
That plastic might be useful - what is it?

On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:21:32 GMT, _
wrote:

Just struck me - that stuff is really durable; I have in the past abused
them as prybars, drifts, scrapers, etcetera - and often with a hammer.
That plastic might be useful - what is it?

Traditionally they have always been Tenite 1 or Tenite 2...Cellulose
acetate or cellulose acetate butyrate.

I believe ABS has replaced the old fashioned stinky Tenite
material..used to smell like old socks when it was heated, and was
attacked by gasoline.

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On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 12:21:32 GMT, _
wrote:

Just struck me - that stuff is really durable; I have in the past abused
them as prybars, drifts, scrapers, etcetera - and often with a hammer.
That plastic might be useful - what is it?

Traditionally they have always been Tenite 1 or Tenite 2...Cellulose
acetate or cellulose acetate butyrate.

I believe ABS has replaced the old fashioned stinky Tenite
material..used to smell like old socks when it was heated, and was
attacked by gasoline.

I cleaned a carb the other day with some gas and a tooth brush. The
bristles started coming off right away, so I switched to a parts brush. I
forgot and left he toothbrush in the gas. The next day, it was half its
size, limp, and really a fuzzy mess. I took a hemostat and lifted it out of
the gas and dropped it on the sand. It dried out in a day, and really was a
mess. The little plastic tub I used to wash the parts in was unfazed.

Steve