I was wondering...., what did people do before..... Options

[Edgar]

There was, of course, the "Chicken Finger." This resembled a thick fingerstall, and was made of sorbo rubber, around 1/8" thick, with ribs on the back, and it did save the occasional rapped knuckle. Not sure if they're still available; I suspect that any vendor would be accused of pandering to all sorts of sexual perversions, these days.
Edgar

[kev1n]

things is different today then......

how about this -
today, you can use micromesh to polish up your clear plastic canopy after filling and sanding the gaps so its a neat tight fit and is more
see-thru than it was when you opened the box....
what would one have used before Micro-mesh?

[Edgar]

Toothpaste, or, possibly wet-and-dry, down to 2000 grit (used wet, of course,) with the final polish achieved by using the back of the paper (dry.) Old furniture polishing trick, that one.
Edgar

This post has been edited by Edgar: Jul 30 2010, 05:36 PM

[miduppergunner]

Toothpaste, or, possibly wet-and-dry, down to 2000 grit (used wet, of course,) with the final polish achieved by using the back of the paper (dry.) Old furniture polishing trick, that one.
Edgar

And also those things that ladies used to polish their nails. But Duraglit or Bluebell was the stuff for perspex - if badly scratched then first with Solvo Autosol. Chloroform was the tuff for sticking perspex.

This post has been edited by miduppergunner: Jul 30 2010, 08:55 PM

[kev1n]

fascinating....
so how far back does that trick go?
who thought of it?
I wouldnt have thats for sure

[Edgar]

If you mean the "back of the paper" idea, it's been around as long as furniture polishers have been using sandpapers, and that predates the lot of us (even David & me,) by a wide margin.
Edgar

[avro683]

Balsa wood and talc, those were the days!

Tony

[kev1n]

would anybody care to join me in co-writing an article for possible publication about this, comparing the old days to now?