"As always keep it in a cool dry place"
Keep it out of the LIGHT, UV light in particular. I keep my individual
motors in black plastic film cans. Also do not tension it in storage, be careful
how you bundle and tie it up. I was doing experiments with braiding and
left a braided motor hanging between two nails, very slightly stretched. A few
days later I noticed the rubber was deteriorated, except the tag ends beyond
the knot were still fresh. I looked at it just now, about a year later, and
the braided part has deteriorated down to the thickness of a hair, the knot
is badly deteriorated and the tag ends are just beginning to show
deterioration. Bundling rubber and tying it tightly will put tension on the stretched
and squeezed parts. Even squeezing rubber strip into a bag or box could
tension bits of it. It would be best to store rubber in loose loops.
Unpredictable breaking could result from cramming rubber tightly into a small space.
Gary Hinze
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Received on Sun Nov 19 2006 - 12:53:31 CET
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