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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
 Posted - 10/05/2005 : 21:47:51
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| I like the old Boss pedals that I was able to buy, but the rubber is all dried out. Does anybody know a way to fix this? Is there a way other than using Armor-All (which makes the rubber slippery defeating the prupose off the rubber) to keep the rubber from drying up? |
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GOB
Bronze Member
Philippines
101 Posts |
Posted - 10/05/2005 : 22:06:53
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I also have the same problem as you ..WE NEED HELP!!!  |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 07:03:23
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For the rubber roller-wheel (is this the correct name???)on tape recorders parrafin oil is used to make them not drying up. Even the rubber "thing" on phono cartridges (the rubber holding the pin with the needle) I have heard thet people use parrafin oil.
I haven�t tried for myself so I don�t bark on me if it doesn�t work...
Someone who has p. oil could try on rubber not as useful as a Boss pedal, like a TS808... |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 14:50:37
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| what rubber? |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 15:15:24
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Try it on anything you want |
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/06/2005 : 19:47:56
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quote:
Originally posted by Goran
Someone who has p. oil could try on rubber not as useful as a Boss pedal, like a TS808...
I resent that.
The rubber on my two MIJ pedals is so bad I don't think that treating them with parafin oil could make them any worse. |
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GOB
Bronze Member
Philippines
101 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 07:29:10
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Thanks for the info! 
One more problem....where can I get paraffin oil? |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 14:22:54
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| really guys, what rubber? where in the pedal is it found? i definitely have no idea. :) |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 14:48:37
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Paraffin oil can be found in drugstores or chemical shops.
Used for skin conditioning. |
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GOB
Bronze Member
Philippines
101 Posts |
Posted - 10/07/2005 : 15:05:41
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| The one where the screw goes in bro.. : ) |
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maniacally_cool
Silver Member
Philippines
212 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2005 : 14:18:26
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quote:
Originally posted by GOB
The one where the screw goes in bro.. : )
ahh.. you mean the thumbscrew to open the battery compartment.
thanks |
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2005 : 19:05:40
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I think he was kidding. But in case anybody else is unsure, there is rubber on the top of the pedal where your foot goes and on the bottom of the pedal on the non-skid surace.
I'm just going to replace the thumbscrew buffers, they suck. Probably the only thing that I dislike about the Boss design. |
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/08/2005 : 21:04:35
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I found one website that says that paraffin oil is the same as mineral oil.
The Indian FDA says that Johnson's Baby Oil is almost pure "Light Liquid Paraffin" (99.785%). Also contains Vitamin D. You know all little baby Boss pedals need their Vitamin D. |
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/09/2005 : 03:20:41
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Update, I think that the Indian FDA article that I found was mistaken; I think they confused Vitamin D with Vitamin E, as the mineral oil that I bought contains Vitamin E and adding Vitamin E to an oil makes more sense than Vitamin D. Other than the Vitamin E the bottle says that it is pure.
I've lubed up my rubber, now what do I do with it?  |
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walrus121
Silver Member
USA
187 Posts |
Posted - 10/11/2005 : 19:20:24
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| I've applied the mineral oil to almost all of my pedals. The newer pedals came out nicely conditioned after letting the oil soak in for a few hours, wiping it off and letting them dry. I keep applying it to my MIJ Boss pedals every day but so far the rubber hasn't softened up. They aren't cracked up, they are just really hard and slick, more like plastic than rubber. |
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Goran
Double Platinum Member
Sweden
2203 Posts |
Posted - 10/12/2005 : 07:05:52
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Are you really sure mineral oil is the same as paraffin oil????
As I stated above I haven�t done this myself and have never heard of it being used on pedals (with rubber...).
Keep us informed how the experiments are going. |
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Rubber maintenance
