Hi Dennis, The rub test is for people with great noses. Sometimes the
smell is strong and other times it is faint. I don't have the best nose
for it. If I am at a sale on a hot sunny day bakelite will have a strong
odor in the heat. My motherinlaw ge...
Hello everyone, I got to say through Carols link to her site and
information page I learned a lot and I am truly thankful to have found
this group! I Started buying up all the buttons at old estate sale about
5 year ago. I go to at least a couple a w...
Hello dstuber, Thanks! Dow scrubbing bubbles is known to damage bakelite
and besides it only works part of the time and is definitely not
reliable. Then there is dow in the can or dow in the spray bottle. The
pump spray bottle don't work at all for t...
Hello all! I have accumulated stock pile tins of old buttons for estate
sales for the last few years. I would like to help about the various
vintage plastic ones. The really old plastics can be Celluloid,
Bakelite, Goliath, Catilin, Lucite. There was...