[Healeys] accident

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Mon Oct 21 23:16:14 MDT 2019


More errata.

On 10/21/2019 10:09 PM, John Spaur wrote:
> Bakelite is made with, among other things, wood "flour" (sawdust) and can
> contain asbestos.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakelite
>
> John
> San Jose, CA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Patrick &
> Caroline Quinn
> Sent: Monday, October 21, 2019 8:56 PM
> To: 'healeymanjim' <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>; healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] accident
>
> My memory tells me that it is not Bakelite, which is an early form of
> plastic. I recall reading that it was a compression of sawdust and other
> things.
>
> I have successfully sanded one back and sparingly used India Ink which is
> allowed to dry followed by black shoe polish in many applications. The
> original finish is not entirely smooth nor full gloss as you would get from
> paint.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Blue Mountains, Australia
>
>

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