Thanks for the info, on american sites they use a similar product simicrome but they say it has to turn yellow or yellowish, also some say baking sod# works too. Why are these people so insistent that it must turn yellow ? Surely if it produces a different colour it is also positive. Can you elaborate on this a bit more please.
Thank you for your comment. I don’t polish the piece with it just test a very small area. But I have never even so much as seen a residue mark let alone damage in twenty plus years
I live in the US have never heard of the Polish he's using but here in the US simichrome polish is very popular for testing Bakelite it turns a nicotine yellow if positive for Bakelite. I have never had any issues with it damaging any vintage Plastics but if you would leave it on there for a long period of time I think any polish would damage it because they are corrosive. So after testing you definitely want to make sure to wash off all the Polish.
@@skylarmickel this makes me think of an internet search for how to take care of a new tattoo. You'll get tons of results telling you to use neosporin. And that's the worst thing you can do. If you like it, keep on using it. But I won't be buying any.
@AntiquesArena Can you please elaborate on the smell test?? You stopped at you have no sense of smell.. i am a "smelly" person..haha..i love yo dmell An inquiring mind eould enjoy to know. 🙂 Thank you✨
Thank you I do learn a lot from you, and I appreciate the time and effort you put in to help others
Thanks for the education Walter.
Thank you so much - such a great help to me - you are a treasure
be careful you don't leave the autosol tube in the bathroom , could lead to some confusion
Thanks for the info, on american sites they use a similar product simicrome but they say it has to turn yellow or yellowish, also some say baking sod# works too. Why are these people so insistent that it must turn yellow ? Surely if it produces a different colour it is also positive. Can you elaborate on this a bit more please.
Mine turn brown with this and they said should be yellow ?
Can it be any metal cleaner, or it there something special in the Autosol?
Everything I've read says that polish totally ruins Bakelite and all other early, valuable plastics.
Thank you for your comment. I don’t polish the piece with it just test a very small area. But I have never even so much as seen a residue mark let alone damage in twenty plus years
I live in the US have never heard of the Polish he's using but here in the US simichrome polish is very popular for testing Bakelite it turns a nicotine yellow if positive for Bakelite. I have never had any issues with it damaging any vintage Plastics but if you would leave it on there for a long period of time I think any polish would damage it because they are corrosive. So after testing you definitely want to make sure to wash off all the Polish.
@@skylarmickel this makes me think of an internet search for how to take care of a new tattoo. You'll get tons of results telling you to use neosporin. And that's the worst thing you can do. If you like it, keep on using it. But I won't be buying any.
Yes simichrome is what I was told in the UK.
@AntiquesArena Can you please elaborate on the smell test?? You stopped at you have no sense of smell..
i am a "smelly" person..haha..i love yo dmell
An inquiring mind eould enjoy to know. 🙂 Thank you✨
I’m not convinced . The colour appears like dirt grey