Reclaiming Sticky Rubber

In message <vqcf5a$31bik$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, Simon Simple snipped-for-privacy@notnowthanks.co.uk> writes

I've seen both bicarb (made into a paste) and Pledge furniture polish aerosol recommended. I bought a small tin of bicarb (as we didn't have any), but then found we had a can of Pledge. I haven't tried the former, but the latter does seem to work pretty well.

Didn't someone on here say that talc does the same? Don't remember it being wetted though.

You won't get talc anywhere now. It's been withdrawn from the market. "Talc" is now fine flour.

I think the talc stays on. It dries the sticky but looks poor.

I didn't know that, not having any babies bottoms to dust...but hey It seems is now essentially cornflour in most countries

Waitrose still stocks it , bought a tub 2 weeks ago. I've never seen sticky silicone rubber. Not only that it lasts for decades. I've some Dupont Chemicals silicone sleeving with a manufacturing date of 1958 printed on the packet, only patented early 1950s ISTR. I used some in place of broken spring to an extractor fan pivoted shutter/flap , in full sunlight for 10 years or so now, still working

Damn! I was in a Waitrose last week and didn't bother to look there. They might be the only high-street supplier remaining.

Its not 'talc' tho. Its cornflour

Its some other plasticky rubber that goes sticky ,..

"INGREDIENTS: Talc, Magnesium Carbonate."

I found Screwfix No-Nonsense degreaser worked brilliantly on a "Pure" DAB radio that had got very sticky.

It's also great (and cheap) as a brush cleaner for oil-based and shellac-based paint