[rollei_list] Re: Rotting Rollei Case Stitching
- From: Peter Mattei <petermattei@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 May 2009 22:03:41 -0700
Jerry,
Not to worry...WD-40, the greatest hat trick San Diego has ever fostered
(not counting Dick Silberman or J. David Dominelli) is composed of a light
paraffin distillate, mineral spirits and surfactants...a simple formulation
that is easily reproduced and now virtually obsolete. WD-40 is a testament
to marketing, not technology. People simply do not understand that WD-40 *is
not* a lubricant; rather, it is a marginally successful water displacing
coating. As such, it creates a varnish over time and that residual causes
scores of problems with mechanisms over time. On leather, one would ru n
the risk of having the solution penetrate, soften and compromise the
substrate. Best to stay away from WD-40. Buy the stock, though, we're an
abundantly stupid consumer society.
On Mon, May 4, 2009 at 7:16 PM, Jerry Lehrer <glehrer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jon,
>
> NO No no! WD 40 is petroleum based. It is great on your guns, but not
> on any leather, stitched or not!
>
> Your statement sounds like the same stupid statements made for Stoegerol in
> the pre-war Stoeger catalog. :-)
>
> Jerry
>
>
> jon.stanton@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>
>> Has anyone considered or tried (half serious here) WD 40? According to
>> their website it can be used for anything from restoring leather to
>> infertility in farm animals.
>>
>>
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