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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Wakelessfoil, post: 2527654, member: 16078&quot;]I work in a machine shop where we deal with many antique tools and machine tools. We recently uncovered this drafting/drawing set and we wish to clean it up a little and restore it to some degree (getting rid of the rust and tarnished look). But the black handles on some of the tools are made of a material that we can’t identify, thus we can’t go forward with restoring the set as we don’t know what kind of chemicals will hurt/degrade the mystery material. It kind of feels like the surface of a birthday candle but less waxy. If anyone has any clue as to what this material could be please help out. Much thanks![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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