Comments on: Bakelite Handset Deterioration http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/07/02/bakelite-handset-deterioration/ Fri, 18 May 2012 18:11:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/07/02/bakelite-handset-deterioration/#comment-117 Mark Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:00:51 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=57#comment-117 "Once Bakelite has started to deteriorate you will notice a roughness of the surface, where the top layer of phenolic resin has been rubbed away, exposing the coarser filler material (wood flour or asbestos dust)." Asbestos dust? Yikes! Thanks for sharing, Heath! -Mark “Once Bakelite has started to deteriorate you will notice a roughness of the surface, where the top layer of phenolic resin has been rubbed away, exposing the coarser filler material (wood flour or asbestos dust).”

Asbestos dust? Yikes! Thanks for sharing, Heath! -Mark

]]> By: Heath McClure http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/2008/07/02/bakelite-handset-deterioration/#comment-115 Heath McClure Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:36:14 +0000 http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/?p=57#comment-115 I have a model 500 which also has this problem with the handset. I found this website that may have the answer for what is going on. http://web.ukonline.co.uk/freshwater/bakelit1.htm I have a model 500 which also has this problem with the handset. I found this website that may have the answer for what is going on.

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/freshwater/bakelit1.htm

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