MG Chemicals 408C Rubber Renue, Rejuvenate and Restore Rubber Belts, Platens and Rollers 125mL

This is the stuff to restore old idler wheels on vintage turntables. Saves the day on parts you can't find anywhere. You can also use it on hard rubber feet on reel to reels, etc. It can help with turntable drive belts but it's best as a stopgap for that until you find a new belt.

Good Stuff and it works!

I like this stuff. Helped me restore an old turntable idler wheel and now the things plays at the correct speeds. Smells like candy, which is strange, but better than heavy chemical smell.

If this is toxic to breath, why do they make it smell so good? Yeah, as tempting as it is, just DO NOT breath this stuff! Also you results my vary. Not all rubber formulations respond to this stuff as you would think.

Yes, it's very expensive. But I took a chance and bought it to refurbish the pinch rollers on my 50-year-old Sony TC-788-4 reel-to-reel tape deck. They were glazed, shiny and hard, and would not move the tape correctly. I did two rounds of applying the Renue according to the instructions, with a good cleaning with alcohol after each round of Renue. I got a LOT of black residue off, so I knew the Renue has opened up the rubber surface. Afterwards I did a very light scuffing with fine grit sandpaper. The capstans are now a nice matt color, and they are working nicely. Be sure to use this stuff outdoors or with an exhaust fan; it's very volatile. I wore nitrile gloves. I should have used an eye covering because my eyes watered for a day after using it. After closing the jar, I put it in a thick sealed plastic bag to help contain the fumes. Just be careful, but the stuff really works.

I have used this on old power cords/harnesses for a while and I love it. It cleans and brings life back to cords that would otherwise be cut off and replaced. It has saved the original power cords that had gotten stiff with age on several of my vintage stereo receivers. It also made the harness on my vintage 1959 boat look like new. I cannot praise this product enough! It does have a distinct smell but it isn't a strong chemical odor like you'd expect - it smells like peppermint which I find quite tolerable, but I don't recommend hanging around and breathing it long term..it is still a chemical after all..

Probably Great product great price prompt delivery but didn't affect the rubber drive wheels on a Reel to Reel recorder.

Shiny rubber tape idler? This will fix it nicely, unless of course your wheel is worn out. I used on my Akai 4 channel reel to reel and brought it back to life. The cleaner will re-rubberize (?) all the worn/slick/shiny wheels that drive your tapes.

Definitely brings back grip to pinch rollers, idlers and paper rollers. I have several cassette recorders with no rewind and/or poor take-up reel performance. Rubber Renue takes away the shiny, hard surface and leaves a grippy, compliant rubber face that makes the deck work as new. The other alternatives are replace the rubber parts (super expensive) or junk the machines. However, the product smells very minty and even in a closed bottle, the minty smell seeps out. So I keep it upright, in an air-tight box. This is my second try at buying Rubber Renue, the first attempt was left outside on my doorstep on a 35°C day, upside down and naturally, following the laws of thermodynamics, the product leaked out, I estimate around 1/3 of it leaked out. Returning it was a laugh, the minty stink stunk out the post office and they were concerned when I dropped off the package wearing gloves, the MSDS would definitely preclude sending this product, leaking, through the post (or should I say Evri)

A redonné de la qualité ey de l'élasticité au pinch roller de mon revox. Super.

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Works excellent for sorting old shoe soles. Used this on a pair of 1989 Nike’s and they worked excellently, not a permanent solution but certainly helps and was worth the money compared to the alternatives to fixing them. Be careful with this though as it absolutely stinks and made my house smell like a doctors office for a good few days. It also strips any colour or paint so be careful where you apply it.

Put some of this on my brother printer that would always jam. Now the rollers pick up the paper properly and its given new life to the printer.