Sorry to post twice on the same topic Mark, I think I'm up to a Nickle
here..
Anyways, I remember reading an old INAV from around same time you
mention; early 90's. There was an article regarding rubber storage in
plastic bags, but it wasn't a float test it was a test of how the
plastic burned, if the flame was blue it was good or no good, I don't
remember the specifics..
I'm pretty sure that the people I spoke to that dealt alot with
Rubber, like Stan Chilton, and Larry Coslick have always promoted
those crinkly sounding oven bags, which I can't find anywhere and
still have the ones Stan gave me back in '04.
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Mark" <f1diddler@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Nick Ray" <lasray@>
> wrote:
> >
> > It appears there is some debate over this topic. Most of people have
> > switched to freezer bags
>
> Yes!
>
> IMHO, the first ememy of rubber is 1) light, especially UV light
> (which may also may explain why office supply rubber bands are
> practically half-rotten when sold from clear plastic bags.) 2)
> oxygen exposure 3. excessive heat, especially over 100* F or so.
> and 4) time.
>
> I've used plastic freezer bags since 1993, and have noticed no
> excessive deterioration beyond the above suppposed factors. I used to
> sink all my bags in water to figure whether specific gravity was
> greater or less than water, since one FFer chemist in Australia used
> to claim that certain plastic bags outgassed bad chemicals yet others
> were safe, depending on whether or not they sunk or floated in
> water. But now I forget which was which (sinking vs. floating bags)
> and don't really care.
>
> And refrigeration doesn't hurt.
> Mark F1diddler
>
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