Got a load of black rubberised Technicians caps and most of them are only good for the Bin. There was another Kind of material what is still good. I have to look for the data tomorrow.
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Nico, I can relate, I just threw my last two away last month. That black plastic sticks to everything and I had a heck of a time cleaning it off the inside the the shrunk that I had them stored in. -
They came in Bags of 10 and some of them are quite clean inside but some are sticky like somebody put gasoline inside to solve the plastic.Originally posted by ehrentitle View PostComment
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I believe they are well known for their great quality x)Comment
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The exact same problem plagues the vinyl sweat band of Hungarian field caps from the 1980's. I wonder if chemists from the two countries had collaborated on the development of some novel PVC plasticizing compound, since traditional plasticizers are known to be toxic.
In the late eighties and early nineties, US EPA required auto makers to reformulate their clear coat compound in an effort to reduce toxicity, the result was the well-known paint peeling phenomenon witnessed some years later on many Chrysler vehicles of that era (including my own '94 Dodge).
Perhaps this is a similar case of unintended (and unforeseen) consequences befalling a project of innovation. After all, perfectly stable "leatherette" products have been around since the '30s, and the Russians used PVC extensively on uniforms and equipment in place of real leather. There is really no reason for the Germans to run into difficulties of this nature unless they were trying out a new and untested approach.
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I recently had to get rid of a grey navy officer rubber long coat from 1983 because the rubber material was getting more and more sticky and chipping away...
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great fotos....
that underscore there is virtually nothing the collector can do to halt this process...Comment
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