At 12:29 PM 7/31/2008 -0700, Neil2 wrote:
>I know I'll never rid it of cracks but am I wasting time if I continue to
>baste the thing daily until it just drips off the edge or is it possible
>'renew' it to a large extent?

I have it on what I believe to be good authority that once the
plasticizer (which may be as much as a third by weight of the total)
has left, there is no way to reverse the embrittlement.  Surface
coatings like Armor-All have no effect.

David

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