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Posted by on November 6, 2009, 9:41 am
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:59 -0800, Smitty Two
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:11 -0800, Smitty Two
>>
>> >I agree the treads should be replaced. But if I needed a 55 gallon drum
>> >of re-grip, I could find it quite easily.
>>
>> I've challenged you to prove that, not speculate.
>I'm not interested in proving it to you. And, I'm not speculating.
>Here's a little story for your amusement, while you gum your soggy toast:
>A multi-national corporation decides to build a large new manufacturing
>plant. They want to generate their own power onsite, and they want to do
>it using generators that burn used tires. A half dozen or so of their
>top lackeys spend three months searching the internet, calling and
>emailing everyone they can find, and turn up empty handed.
>Finally they call a guy who says he can find things. A professional
>researcher, who has spent his entire life in the field. Sure, the guy
>says, I can find that. It'll cost you $3500. Agreed. The guy spends 1.5
>hrs. on the project, and returns the names of 3 companies, along with
>the phone numbers and email addresses of the president of each company,
>who manufacture generators designed to burn used tires.
>The guy, by the way, works at home, in his underwear. And that story
>isn't unique, it's just representative. So, if I needed a 55 gallon drum
>of regrip, which I don't, I'd just call him, since he's one of my
>closest friends. The info would probably cost me lunch.
So, now you are speculating that for $3500, someone will tell you
where to find a 55 gallon drum of Re-Grip that you will still have to
pay for.
Game, set ,match. Don't bother with any more lame responses that don't
actually prove anything. I think I now know where to look if I need an
endless supply of hot air.
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Posted by on November 6, 2009, 10:35 am
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:14:08 -0800, Smitty Two
>wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:36:59 -0800, Smitty Two
>>
>> >wrote:
>> >> On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:22:11 -0800, Smitty Two
>> >>
>> >> >I agree the treads should be replaced. But if I needed a 55 gallon drum
>> >> >of re-grip, I could find it quite easily.
>> >>
>> >> I've challenged you to prove that, not speculate.
>> >I'm not interested in proving it to you. And, I'm not speculating.
>> >Here's a little story for your amusement, while you gum your soggy toast:
>> >A multi-national corporation decides to build a large new manufacturing
>> >plant. They want to generate their own power onsite, and they want to do
>> >it using generators that burn used tires. A half dozen or so of their
>> >top lackeys spend three months searching the internet, calling and
>> >emailing everyone they can find, and turn up empty handed.
>> >Finally they call a guy who says he can find things. A professional
>> >researcher, who has spent his entire life in the field. Sure, the guy
>> >says, I can find that. It'll cost you $3500. Agreed. The guy spends 1.5
>> >hrs. on the project, and returns the names of 3 companies, along with
>> >the phone numbers and email addresses of the president of each company,
>> >who manufacture generators designed to burn used tires.
>> >The guy, by the way, works at home, in his underwear. And that story
>> >isn't unique, it's just representative. So, if I needed a 55 gallon drum
>> >of regrip, which I don't, I'd just call him, since he's one of my
>> >closest friends. The info would probably cost me lunch.
>>
>> So, now you are speculating that for $3500, someone will tell you
>> where to find a 55 gallon drum of Re-Grip that you will still have to
>> pay for.
>>
>> Game, set ,match. Don't bother with any more lame responses that don't
>> actually prove anything. I think I now know where to look if I need an
>> endless supply of hot air.
>Do you work at being a knothead, salty, or does it come naturally? What
>part of "the info would probably cost me lunch" didn't you get? I didn't
>say YOU could find a reasonably priced drum of regrip, I said I could
>find one. I could, you couldn't. See? Game, set, match my ass.
>And while we're on the subject of hot air, please link me to your
>thesaurus that lists "sticky" as a synonym for "slippery," as you've
>repeatedly claimed.
MEGO
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Posted by EXT on November 4, 2009, 6:21 pm
> I have rubber stair treads on my back entryway steps. They are black
> rubber with many ribs on each tread(very very narrow space between
> each rib). They are in excellent condition but although I vacuum and
> mop(with ammonia solution) them often, they never really look that
> good.
> I am going to be repainting the wood portion of the stairs and would
> like to have the rubber treads look a lot better than they do.
> Removing them and going to new ones is not an option, so any ideas
> about how to clean them, restore them,etc would be much appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Bob
There is an industrial product called "rubber rejuvinator", very volatile,
but it cleans rubber very well. Years ago I worked in a autobody shop and we
used "tire paint" to refresh the tires after we painted and cleaned the car.
It was thick out of the can, you thinned it to water consistency and painted
the tires, rubber car mats and foot pedals to make them all look new for the
used car lots that were our customers.
I saw some many years ago in an auto parts store, so I don't know if it is
still available now.
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Posted by Jim on November 4, 2009, 6:31 pm
>I have rubber stair treads on my back entryway steps. They are black rubber
>with many ribs on each tread(very very narrow space between each rib). They
>are in excellent condition but although I vacuum and mop(with ammonia
>solution) them often, they never really look that good.
> I am going to be repainting the wood portion of the stairs and would like
> to have the rubber treads look a lot better than they do. Removing them
> and going to new ones is not an option, so any ideas about how to clean
> them, restore them,etc would be much appreciated.
> Thank you,
> Bob
>Hi Bob,
Why not try rubbing alcohol and a bristle brush? I use it to
rejuvinate the rubber ball on my mouse and the rubber comes back to new
again.... Jim
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Posted by aemeijers on November 4, 2009, 9:21 pm
Jim wrote:
>> I have rubber stair treads on my back entryway steps. They are black rubber
>> with many ribs on each tread(very very narrow space between each rib). They
>> are in excellent condition but although I vacuum and mop(with ammonia
>> solution) them often, they never really look that good.
>> I am going to be repainting the wood portion of the stairs and would like
>> to have the rubber treads look a lot better than they do. Removing them
>> and going to new ones is not an option, so any ideas about how to clean
>> them, restore them,etc would be much appreciated.
>> Thank you,
>> Bob
>> Hi Bob,
>
> Why not try rubbing alcohol and a bristle brush? I use it to
> rejuvinate the rubber ball on my mouse and the rubber comes back to new
> again.... Jim
>
>
Brush with a stiff brush, clean with spray cleaner, and treat with
armor-all or similar. Then to restore the non-skid properties, buzz the
non-skid bumps with a scraper and a rag dampened with alcohol. You want
to protect and shield the rubber surface everywhere except the high
spots where the smooth shoesoles hit.
At work, a few years ago, they put that non-skid decking stuff in all
the elevators. The next week, the cleaning crew waxed it. Those little
raised dots became like walking on marbles in wet weather. So the
trimmed a huge commercial doormat to fit and laid it over that. A few
months later, they ripped all that out, and put in indoor-outdoor carpet
squares. (Don't laugh too hard- your taxes paid for all of it.)
--
aem sends...
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aem sends...
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