Hi, The stuff that old steering wheels were made of was cellulose, the same stuff that old fountain pens were made of. It could be softened with acetone, and reshaped, perhaps what your wife's grandfather was doing. The acrylic acetate that Jack uses is a modern imitation of the stuff, and much more stable. Regards, Jack Reisland On Sep 27, 2009, at 3:44 PM, Marshall Gisondi wrote: > Hi Jack, > Dumb question, but is that the material old steering wheels were > made of? I asked this because my wife's grandfather when he was > alive used to take this material and melt it down to make fishing > bobins back in the 60s maybe earlier on. The colors and over all > appearence as in texture look like that very same material he used. > Those dip blocks look really great love the colors. I know my 1 year > old would love the colores :-) > Marshall > > Marshall Gisondi Piano Technician > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20090928/a52d8126/attachment-0001.htm>
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