I've read in a few different post where people have recommended the use of Glycerin on older cushions to restore or bring back some of the life left in them. Can anyone explain further as to why? Where would you buy glycerin? How is it sold? How would you apply it? How long does it need to sit before recovering? Thanks!
Cushion Restore?
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You can buy it in drug and health food stores:
http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=MezsTeTkN4y6tgeP-8WzAQ&ved=0CEgQ8wIwAQ
I am not a table mechanic, have never used it, but I am skeptical that it can restore rubber well enough to make it worth the substantial effort.
http://www.google.com/products/cata...a=X&ei=MezsTeTkN4y6tgeP-8WzAQ&ved=0CEgQ8wIwAQ
I am not a table mechanic, have never used it, but I am skeptical that it can restore rubber well enough to make it worth the substantial effort.
you would be better off using nitro glycerin on them. :thud:
this will not work ...if the cushion is dead then it is dead .....glycerin will make it look shiny ....but it will still be dead ....and then you will have to uncover the rails ...put new rubber and recover the rails again ....
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Cushion restore?
I've been waiting to see what answers have come to this thread to see if anyone has done this, and had good results. For my money, you can't make old new again, (except for lasik
) and the rubber should be replaced. Although after seeing the amazing Gold Crown work in these pages, mostly by the various animal representations (mongooses, cobras, etc.), you almost believe anything is possible. So what do you say?, Can you rub something on broken down rubber and make it new again? I say no, but would love to hear everyone's take!
I've been waiting to see what answers have come to this thread to see if anyone has done this, and had good results. For my money, you can't make old new again, (except for lasik
) and the rubber should be replaced. Although after seeing the amazing Gold Crown work in these pages, mostly by the various animal representations (mongooses, cobras, etc.), you almost believe anything is possible. So what do you say?, Can you rub something on broken down rubber and make it new again? I say no, but would love to hear everyone's take!Thanks all! Maybe I should have used the word “refresh” instead of restore, sorry. Obviously worn out rubber is worn out and would need replacing, that‘s a given and yes I agree nitro glycerin would work best, lol. I was referring to the cushions on an older table, that is being recovered, with the rails still in pretty good shape. My SportKing, from the 1960’s ,that I just acquired, has the Monarch Cushions on it that still have a lot of bounce to them and I don’t want to replace them unless I have too. I’ve read Monarch were some of the best. Anyway a lot to be said for a table that’s around 50 years old. In an early post of mine “Table Help” referring to an older SportKing table someone posted “… I kept the original cushions cleaned them up and put glycerin to help refresh the rubber…” That post is what had me curios. With older rubber such as with the Monarch Cushions would applying Glycerin “Refresh” them in any way or would it just be a waste of time?
if there still good you probably shouldn't mess with them.