How To: Restoring Rubber with Wintergreen Oil (No Heat!)
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- Watch how I used Wintergreen oil to soften and rejuvenate some hardened rubber parts for my 1978 CB750.
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Thanks for watching!
There's a follow up video now:
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Cool process I’ll have to try. Since it takes awhile it’s something I could do when it’s already torn apart.
Yes I was happy with the results, as long as you keep it sealed you should be able to use it over and over.
That was interesting Doc! Well done 👍😊
Thanks Chris, had you ever heard of this before ?
@@DocJonesGarage Not for rejuvenating rubber, no. I guess success would depend a lot on the rubber type..
Great job. This may come in handy on my RZ projects.
Thanks! I'm sure it would, you can cover the cost of the wintergreen pretty quickly depending on how how many parts you need done.
This is AWSOME! Made a mix of natural Wintergreen extract (amazon) and isopropyl (farm supply store) aprox 1to 4 ratio. Less than 24 hours and the difference is incredible 👍
The rock hard air box boots/velocity stacks are from a 85 kawi eliminator . I can now use the original air box and boots to eliminate the pods and their tuning issues + retain the stock look and value of my restoration!
Agreed, it really works well. parts I've done show no signs of hardening up yet either. Noticed some very slight swelling in old fuel line hoses (oem) left in for a long time (pushing a month) but they shrunk back after a couple days drying out. Thanks for watching!
@@DocJonesGarage you earned a sub.
@@brentfellers9632 Thanks!
Great job! Always prefer to restore than buy new parts xD
Thanks! They still show no signs of reverting back yet.
@@DocJonesGarage That's great!
Superb ...thank you
Your welcome, thanks for watching!
Nice video!! I really enjoyed it😊😊👏👏
Thanks, and thanks for watching!
Interesting!! I use regular engine oil. I'll lube up the rubber part with a little oil on my gloves and rub it in for a few seconds, wipe off the excess and let it sit for a a few minutes before I re-install the parts!! It seems to work quite well!! The only thing I wouldn't do that to are the old o-rings! They're already flattened out and stretched a bit so...they will only expand more with the fresh oil!! I just replace them!!
Thanks for watching!
Great video! On the forums 15yrs ago or so this was fairly common but few ever return to give a long term review of the process. Do they harden up in a couple years, etc?
So far I haven't noticed them starting to stiffen back up again.
Methyl Salicylate is the same chemical, organic, farm-raised, or synthesized.
Will it work on silicone rubber such as hardened valve cover gasket?
Good question! I have not had the opportunity to try silicone rubber yet, might be a good follow up video, thanks for watching!
Will it work on old baby teats from baby feeding bottles
I'm not too sure, but it is toxic so do your research, thanks for watching
you think this can work on hardened rubber shoe soles?
I can't see why not, they would smell like peppermint for awhile though.
Some thoughts:
You have to figure out how not to soak the whole shoe
You would have to monitor them closely so as to not have them swell up
If you haven't watched it I made a follow up to this video link above
Thanks for watching!
@@DocJonesGarage thanks for the tips! i'll definitely give it a try
Think this would work on the outsoles of shoes made with rubber?
I don't see why not, I'd try a sample piece first if possible or if you tried the whole sole I'd closely monitor it, even 24 hours makes a noticeable difference. The oil might complicate any gluing process so those areas might have to be cleaned really well. Thanks for watching!
@@DocJonesGarage Great thanks for the quick reply!
@@Greanestbean no problem, if you try it let me know how it works
One can acquire wintergreen infused isopropyl alcohol and is the same price as straight alcohol. I figure perhaps I can dilute 1 to 5 using the iso...I'm paying $45 for 16 oz/473cc's worth.
I'd like to do a head to head experiment with the infused alcohol to see what the differences might be, thanks for watching!
Did you test one with just alcohol ?
No, but that's a good idea. Thanks for your comment!
I don’t know that you really want to make caburettor boots too soft, seeing as they have to support the weight of the carburettors.
Agree 100 percent!
Has anyone tried it to mix it with engine oil in hopes of it restoring seals of engine and reducing oil leaking and burning? Kinda like poor mans AT-205?
Interesting question, I've never heard of anyone trying it. If I do I'll share the results, thanks for watching!
@@DocJonesGarage And if you do share I will definitely watch and comment!
After doing a little bit of research, I found honda rubber carb holders all over the place, especially ebay. Dude you story sounds fishy
77-78 cb750k engine side carb boots do seem more available now, at the time I couldn't seem to find reasonably priced new ones. Personally I'd not risk buying them from Ebay just because it's hard to tell if they're cracked or not.