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Posted by Larry Fishel on November 5, 2009, 10:46 am
> Jim wrote:
> Brush with a stiff brush, clean with spray cleaner, and treat with
> armor-all or similar.
Danger Will Robinson!!!
Don't use Armor-all unless you have a pair of golf shoes to wear while
climbing the stairs. (I've never tried it on stair treads, but I've
made the mistake of putting it on a motorcycle seat before. It made
riding "interesting".)
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Posted by WW on November 5, 2009, 1:48 pm
> Jim wrote:
> Brush with a stiff brush, clean with spray cleaner, and treat with
> armor-all or similar.
Danger Will Robinson!!!
Don't use Armor-all unless you have a pair of golf shoes to wear while
climbing the stairs. (I've never tried it on stair treads, but I've
made the mistake of putting it on a motorcycle seat before. It made
riding "interesting".)
Hey Larry...I did that years ago. Bike moved out with out me. WW
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Posted by charlie on November 5, 2009, 2:05 pm
>> Jim wrote:
>> Brush with a stiff brush, clean with spray cleaner, and treat with
>> armor-all or similar.
> Danger Will Robinson!!!
> Don't use Armor-all unless you have a pair of golf shoes to wear while
> climbing the stairs. (I've never tried it on stair treads, but I've
> made the mistake of putting it on a motorcycle seat before. It made
> riding "interesting".)
> Hey Larry...I did that years ago. Bike moved out with out me. WW
everyone does that.....once...
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Posted by aemeijers on November 5, 2009, 5:47 pm
charlie wrote:
>>> Jim wrote:
>>> Brush with a stiff brush, clean with spray cleaner, and treat with
>>> armor-all or similar.
>> Danger Will Robinson!!!
>> Don't use Armor-all unless you have a pair of golf shoes to wear while
>> climbing the stairs. (I've never tried it on stair treads, but I've
>> made the mistake of putting it on a motorcycle seat before. It made
>> riding "interesting".)
>> Hey Larry...I did that years ago. Bike moved out with out me. WW
>
> everyone does that.....once...
>
>
That is why I said to wipe down the high ridges with alcohol or
something, and scrape them, to take the sheen off.
That would still leave the anti-skid properties of the rubber, but make
the rest look not so nasty.
But yeah, the proper cure is replacement.
--
aem sends...
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Posted by Joe on November 4, 2009, 11:39 pm
> I have rubber stair treads on my back entryway steps. They are black rubb=
er
> with many ribs on each tread(very very narrow space between each rib). Th=
ey
> 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
Check out the products at an autobody supply store. Second source, the
catalogues of auto restoration companies like Eastwood. 3M has a large
listing of amazing stuff available at such places. Janitor supply
stores should also have things that might do what you want. Good luck
shopping.
Joe
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