tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post758295388708056931..comments2024-03-27T11:12:16.999-07:00Comments on Backspace does not erase: Oops - learnt something new about bakelite ^D^D^D lacquer.RobertGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-62103601757394083022013-04-09T00:04:23.483-07:002013-04-09T00:04:23.483-07:00Many thanks for all your comments! This tw-thing i...Many thanks for all your comments! This tw-thing is a journey of learning and discovery. Am more and more impressed with this machine, expensively built. Had a narrow escape with this i think, a next time I'll probably want to use a syringe to apply in the felt (if any).RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-33226832645440663392013-04-08T18:30:07.683-07:002013-04-08T18:30:07.683-07:00These noiseless portables have a tendency to skip....These noiseless portables have a tendency to skip. The first solution to try is changing your typing technique, to use a more staccato touch.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-41014685311775039152013-04-08T15:23:52.983-07:002013-04-08T15:23:52.983-07:00As a collector of telephones, I can with absolute ...As a collector of telephones, I can with absolute certainty say that IPA won't harm Bakelite. But, as you have observed - lacquer dissolves in the stuff. Anyone that has attempted to clean a Royal P with the stuff can attest to its destroying nature. <br /><br />Wet the surface it is on as soon as you get it on it. Don't rub. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-13319894472573388552013-04-08T10:35:41.187-07:002013-04-08T10:35:41.187-07:00Wow again - impressive casting, that!Wow again - impressive casting, that!RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-85491488443145740012013-04-08T08:14:36.365-07:002013-04-08T08:14:36.365-07:00Wow really? (eyebrows arched in astonished surpris...Wow really? (eyebrows arched in astonished surprise) Then it must have been the lacquer indeed. The front/sides is mild-steel, the back is aluminium casting but from touch (thermal) and sound (tapping it) and it's shape I made the curved cover part bakelite (or at least a thermo-hardening plastic). Also it is the only part fixed with rubber washers under the screws (as you'd need for bakelite).<br />Hmm, now to think of non-destructive material test... :)<br /><br />(IPA: well, it does all contain some part alcohol ;-)RobertGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01841652527282627317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-53362596567360122122013-04-08T07:37:14.608-07:002013-04-08T07:37:14.608-07:00When I read "IPA" I thought India Pale A...When I read "IPA" I thought India Pale Ale!<br /><br />This typewriter contains no bakelite that I know of; it's a painted steel and aluminum body.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1272688866536964117.post-62829540268869961022013-04-08T06:45:08.656-07:002013-04-08T06:45:08.656-07:00I'll have to try IPA on felt for odor reductio...I'll have to try IPA on felt for odor reduction. Thanks for the warning about bakelite. My early Royals with custom fake wood and duo color paint schemes have case stickers warning against use of alcohol on the paint.Dwayne F.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07032059161503386028noreply@blogger.com