MG Chemicals408C Rubber Renue, Cleaner, Clean Rejuvenate and Restore Rubber Seals, Trip, Belts, Platens and Rollers, 125ml Liquid Bottle

Used it a couple of hours ago on a 1948 Sterling Continental typewriter's rock hard, and pitted with "full stops", platen. At the time of application, it cleaned and left a stickier platen to the touch than my tried and trusted Platenclene spray. Very happy.Two hours later, the shine has gone as has a lot of the sticky feel but the platen looks and feels better for it. Still happy.I'll give each of my machines a little go with some as and when they come into rotation.Word of warning, the chemical smell is VERY strong. (Like TCP on acid). Use sparingly and in a ventilated room to avoid "issues".

I use this compound to restore and maintain the rubber idler wheel on a 50 year old British made record player turntable. The trick is to avoid soaking it for too long. 5 minutes I found was enough to keep it firm but supple enough to do its job. Fantastic product but it is very smelly - so ideally do the soaking outside, otherwise it will linger in the house for days.

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.

Brilliant bit of kit , I used this on a rubber sunroof seal in my VW tiguan, the seal was completely hard and unyielding, but after treatment the supplyness of the rubber was transformed and hence the roof is now water tight again , took a couple of application's and it does smell quite strong but this can be forgiven as the performance is excellent

Delivery excellent, good description of the product and what it could be useful in regenerated rubberFurther to apply it several times to other door seal, the seal worked satisfactory

I bought this hoping to rejuvenate a couple of turntable idler wheels which had hardened slightly with age. The wheels weren't cracked and were still relatively pliable, but had lost their grippy surface over 50 years of use. I see this stuff used all the time, particularly by American electronics techs on Youtube so I thought I'd give it a try. You don't get much for your money, though you don't use much in an application either. Nor would you want to as the stuff gives off a thoroughly unpleasant smell. It's not that the smell itself is offensive, but it stays with you and you smell it for hours. You should wear gloves when using this as it does contain some nasty stuff, and use disposable cloths. Note too that it stains fabric and some wood.As far as its performance, it didn't do much. I applied several applications to both wheels, letting them dry between each application. Initially when you apply the liquid it does appear as if the rubber is gaining more grip, as it becomes more difficult ot spread the liquid and your cloth tends to stick and drag on the rubber. But once it dried I couldn't detect any difference. Scuffing the surface with a fine sandpaper did a lot more than this product did. It may work in some scenarios, perhaps rejuvenating printer rollers or rubber seals that are made of newer rubber formulae. But as far as I'm concerned a good clean with isopropyl alcohol did about as much as this stuff did, without the lingering smell. I still have over half a bottle left so I'll try it in future and update this review accordingly, but I'd imagine there is better out there.

We have a laser printer working in a dusty environment. After years of use the pick-up wheels for the paper trays began to fail and caused printer jams. This stuff, whilst expensive, does work at bring those wheels back to life. Also you don;t use a lot of it so I suppose a bottle will last a while.Just be careful when you're using it. There's lots of carcinogenic warnings about this stuff. Gloves and lots of airflow might be the order of the day.

Reasonable success with this product on a hard old idler wheel on vintage record player. Had 4 or 5 goes with it and so far so good. Would recommend, but take care using.