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On Sat, Oct 26, 2024, 10:26 AM Neil QQ <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm restoring an old wire recorder now and see minor white-ish film on > some of the plastic parts. Curiously the Bakelite items look like brand > new. Alcohol easily removes the film. > > There are lots of internet posts about older Xcelite plastic tool handles > developing a white film and smelling like vomit. I have two, identical > PS-120 nut driver sets bought at the same time in the 70's. One set I use > all the time. The other was squirrelled away, forgotten, in a box. The > often used one is fine. When I recently re-discovered the forgotten one I > about vomited when the case was opened. Every plastic surface, except for > the case itself, was covered in the powdery, white, foul-smelling stuff. > Alcohol easily removed the film and pretty much the smell too. The > frequently used set has no signs or smells of the white stuff. > > > On Friday, October 25, 2024 at 12:15:19 PM UTC-5 Terry S wrote: > >> There is also a rather strange fungus that likes to grow on certain >> plastics. Ask anyone who has ever collected old radios.. >> It wipes right off and take a long time to return. >> >> On Friday, October 25, 2024 at 12:50:13 PM UTC-4 Neil QQ wrote: >> >>> Terry, I believe you are correct about the plasticizer, or some such >>> outgassing. At my work we ran into something similar with a big >>> last-time-buy order for connectors. They looked exactly like your >>> pictures. As I recall, the key to "prevention" is to allow for air >>> circulation when stored, i.e. not stored in plastic bags. The stuff was >>> declared "not deleterious to the functional aspects of the connector". >>> They were cleaned with alcohol (don't recall which type/concentration) and >>> placed back into stock. >>> >>> On Thursday, October 24, 2024 at 3:54:55 PM UTC-5 Nicholas Stock wrote: >>> >>> As they're in a sealed container, any outgassing from components/PCB etc >>> may react with plastics? Just a guess.... >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 24, 2024 at 1:43 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> >>> On Oct 24, 2024, at 4:40 PM, Dekatron42 <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> None of the capacitors seems to have leaked nor does any other component >>> seem to be affected and nothing else looks corroded but there are some >>> small droplets on one of the power connectors. >>> >>> >>> Looks like elasticizer leaching out of the plastic but I've never seen >>> it happen to something this new. >>> >>> >>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>> "The Mac Doctor" >>> >>> https://www.astarcloseup.com >>> >>> "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, *Blade >>> Runner* >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/19270921-BC46-4F90-847F-EC1220D378A4%40gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/19270921-BC46-4F90-847F-EC1220D378A4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a22123cb-f0f3-4e07-b113-3db5b61af225n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a22123cb-f0f3-4e07-b113-3db5b61af225n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALcVLKJvELhs%2BaOJA%2B11UU0ODWPqQkft90kxnuPUCrrBdeNG0w%40mail.gmail.com.
