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Drgummi
Senior Postacrat
Username: Drgummi
Post Number: 243
Registered: 06-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 08:07 pm GMT: | 
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I'ma Son of a Gun fan, but I use it ALONGSIDE pervoshine. I use SOAG to 'seal' the surface and then Pervoshine on top to make a layer which washes off with the dirt.
Re the dull thing; not noticed it yet - the main sufferer was my latex jacket from AQrmory, which has been in the wars rather a lot anyway. If I am faced with something dull and I want to pep it up I use Cult/Eros (reluctantly) - produces a temporary shine for the duration of a session, at least... |
Peegee
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Username: Peegee
Post Number: 6
Registered: 10-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, October 13, 2003 - 02:31 pm GMT: |
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Yes! I read about Son of a Gun ages ago and have used it ever since. It even has an ozone-friendly spray top that sometimes doesn't work, so the stuff comes out in a milky-white stream - a bit like something else...what can it be?? |
Merzbit
Aspiring Postacrat
Username: Merzbit
Post Number: 15
Registered: 03-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:24 pm GMT: |
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do you not agree that it is the hidden unspoken of elixir but for some reason is repeatedly left off the rubber-shining bestsellers list!
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Rbrbri
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Username: Rbrbri
Post Number: 9
Registered: 02-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 11:00 pm GMT: |
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I've used "Son of a gun "for years.Swear by it |
Merzbit
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Username: Merzbit
Post Number: 13
Registered: 03-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 10:10 pm GMT: |
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Does anyone use STP Son of a Gun? For me this is the ultimate shiner-upper thats low priced unlike Pervoshine et al and works much better than the first "silicone spray" i bought when I was a less advanced latex lover. |
Rubanix
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Username: Rubanix
Post Number: 6
Registered: 05-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 09:20 pm GMT: |
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Also in my experience it’s far from harmless if you don’t catch up with these white marks in time. I got my first bed sheets affected when stored away in darkness during summer, and a jogging suit that I didn’t use very much. It easy to wipe off the white marks but the rubber was dull were the marks had been. The white stuff looked like some oxidation but felt like sulphur! Perhaps someone with chemical knowledge’s can explain this for us
Trying to avoid this I wash up new items several times to remove any coating from manufacturing processes and I also regularly wash up items I don’t use so often.
I use a water based polish for coating, never silicone .
I have never got this problem with garments I use and wash often like suits and underwear.
On the positive side is, I have noticed on my bed sheets, that the dull parts slowly turns to normal. If this is an effect of rubber sliding against I don’t know.
Rubanix
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Leannelatextv
Accomplished Postacrat
Username: Leannelatextv
Post Number: 65
Registered: 05-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 08:17 pm GMT: |
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Ummm... in my experience it is far from harmless; it makes the latex go dull, depending on how badly it is affected by it.
During the heatwave in the summer a few of my items were affected by this same thing, it is obviously a reaction to the heat as the items in question were kept in wardrobes that were dark but obviously got a bit too hot. It was easy enough to remove the white marks, yes - but unfortunately, the latex where the marks were is now dull and not able to be shined up any more, not even with silicone spray. It has really spoiled a couple of items.
What I have learned from this is to a) keep the latex in as cool a place as possible and b) make sure it is well polished with something such as Pervoshine before storing. One of the items that was affected was a new outfit from Torture Garden which had not been polished (so the surface was not so 'wet', as I keep everything polished with a generous helping of Pervoshine), but was kept along with a lot of my other latex clothes - it was the only item in this particular wardrobe to be affected by the white marks and I'm sure its because everything else was well polished and not able to 'dry out' as much.
If there's another heatwave next summer I'll definitely be keeping an eye out on my latex for signs of this.
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Drgummi
Senior Postacrat
Username: Drgummi
Post Number: 242
Registered: 06-2001
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 07:22 pm GMT: |
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It's harmless; in fact it's humidity or some other reaction coming out of the materila in the heat. Anything which you use as a regular polish will take it off.
Why it happens: no idea. I used to think it was sunlight exposure, but I've put some stuff in the basement this year which has come out of the recent heat wave with the same white marks, so anyone with any other suggestions will certainly have me listening! |
Blackbird
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Username: Blackbird
Post Number: 3
Registered: 07-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, October 12, 2003 - 06:21 pm GMT: |
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We have recently stored much of our rubber items in our loft o rails. Over the summer most of it has inherited a sort of white foggy mark .
Has anybody have any idea how this has happened and how it can be removed |
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