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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;wlwhittier, post: 4515796, member: 76316&quot;]Yup...I&#039;ve shared that experience. Now it all gets washed before testing. I prefer 409, but Simichrome is good, too.</p><p>BTW, nicotine is colorless...it&#039;s the tars that coat everything with a yellow scum.</p><p>To be clear, true Bakelite is almost always black or brown, and absolutely opaque.</p><p>The correct name for what is colloquially called Bakelite is Catalin. From Wikipedia: <b>Catalin</b> is a brand name for a thermosetting polymer developed and trademarked in 1927 by the American Catalin Corporation of New York City, when the patent on Bakelite expired that year.</p><p>It is really magnificent stuff, an&#039; I&#039;ve got way too much of it, mostly in poker chips, backgammon rounds, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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