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Source of Rubber Cement
By Charles Hildebrant

Regarding Bill Shirley's note of the difficulty of finding Carters
rubber cement for pouch sealing.  Two years ago I ran out of Carters
right in the middle of a restoration and rushed out to pick up more.
I also came up dry.  I couldn't find Carters anywhere.  Finally I
contacted Carters directly and, surprise surprise,  they told me they
have discontinued making it.  I bought small samples of every other
rubber cement I could find to see what they would be like.

I found one, Best Test Rubber Cement, that was the exact consistency
of Carters and behaved in the same ways.  I use naphtha as a dilutant.
Since my first discovery of Best Test I have used it extensively and
with good success.  I have found it in stationary stores and art supply
shops.

Charles Hildebrant

 [ "Best-Test Paper Cement" is manufactured by Union Rubber, Inc.,
 [ 232 Allen Street, Trenton NJ 08606  The distributor's web site is
 [ http://www.mindspring.com/~davidxyz/besttest.html  with link to
 [ material safety data sheet.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 15 Mar 2096, 02:40:51 GMT, from time zone GMT-0500.)

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