Rexine suppliers

I could do with any info you've got on Rexine suppliers. I will need some for a resto coming up this summer.

Alex

Wot's Rexine then?

"Doug" realised it was Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:52:13

STFW:

It appears to be a posh name for vinyl.

It's what they used to call vinyl before vinyl was invented; i.e. old-fashioned artificial leather.

Ron Robinson

Rexine was commonly used to furnish seat backs and bulkheads on buses during the fifties/sixties it was quite tough and as a bonus could be painted to suit a vehicle livery.

Steve.

But cracks with age and exposure to sunlight (I have found)

Alex

'Leatherette' which must be similar, is very common in the US where our standard cloth upholstery isn't. And it's said to be very hard wearing.

The commonest US trade name was/is Naugahyde, which brings to *my* mind teams of hunters stalking naugas and shooting and skinning them to provide seat covers for 1970s Buicks.

Yes, these Americans - once they start shooting things they tend to carry on. You won't find nauga (like bison they don't take an 's' in the plural) on the plains any more, but occasionally there are reports of sightings in the forests of the North West. The last one I heard of was being ridden by a susquatch.

Ron Robinson

That it should come to this. Once the plains of the west were black with the herds of nauga, and the creaking of their rutting would keep native americans awake in their teepees at night. Experienced trackers could follow a herd of nauga for days merely following their pheromone trail which, to the untrained nose, is remarkably similar to the smell of a new beachball.

However the flesh of the nauga is worthless because it has a repellent fishy character, similar to that of the Norwegian dish "rote herringe" which is made by burying old stinking fish and then rehashing it later.

True it did unfortunately but was easily replaced and painted, Changing to Formica in the late sixties early seventies solved that problem as it was easier to clean and never needed painting.

The earler vehicles also had white painted ceilings and varnished wooden window frames, There all plastic now and appear to have cloth backs same as the seat bases.

Steve.

Serves you right for exposing your But, IYAM...

I'd say if you substituted Formica for Rexine you'd have a *severe* cracking problem. ;-)

I've got a circuit for a nauga scarer. I've built and tested one and it works well. It's based on my elephant scarer, but works at a different frequency.

"R.N. Robinson" realised it was Mon, 16 Feb 2004 16:38:10 -0000 and decided it was time to write:

Save the Endangered Species

by James E. Winslow

I was watching a special the other night on endangered species. This is a real problem, and we have to deal with it now if our children are to enjoy the world as we know it today. As they were going through the list of endangered species, I happened to think of an animal that really needs to be added.

The animal that I would place on the list of protected species is the Nauga. The placid Nauga is a very gentle animal that is slaughtered in great numbers for only its hide, as no other part of the Nauga is ever used. There were once great herds of Naugas, but they are disappearing just as the great herds of American Buffalo did at the turn of the century.

I can think of no other sight as beautiful as a herd of colorful Naugas peacefully grazing on the polyester plant in the shade of the great plywood forest, yet Naugas are ruthlessly murdered for their hides. Why are they being slaughtered? So some people can show off their affluence. Doctors are especially guilty, as almost all their waiting rooms are appointed with naugahide covered furniture, and then there are people that actually wear and flaunt Naugahide coats.

I have been told by my sources, that have to remain unnamed, that if we were to kill off all of the Naugas, the polyester plants would overrun the plywood forest and choke out the little plywood trees, sometimes called panelings. As you can see, there is a delicate balance of nature, and if it were not for the Naugas eating the pesky polyesters, the great plywood forest would die out, or at least would be stunted. Can you imagine what would happen to our construction industry if we couldn't get full-sized plywood trees to build with. Oh just to look upon the plywood forest with all of the trees lined up parallel with the prevailing winds, the little panelings growing between the thicker plywoods, the little fluffy white polyesters growing low to the ground. It is truly unbelievable.

While I am on the protection of the Naugas, I believe, as many experts do, that the funfur should have a bounty put on its hide. The Nauga herd has only two natural enemies, man and the funfur. How many times have you seen the three corner tear in a Naugahide, which we all know is the mark of a funfur attack. The funfur, like all cats, sharpens its claws on trees; this can be seen many times on paneling as this is the favorite scratching wood.

Please join me in giving generously to save the Naugas and plywood forests of the world. Send your contribution to Save the Naugas, Inc., 4 x 8 Plywood Lane, Washington, D.C.

Source:

I remember a similar posting recently in another newsgroup about poor wee Haggis populations being decimated for Sassenach haggis munchers....

Alex

Oh that's easy it was a freak mutation that caused the females to become anticlockwise. After that, there was no chance of a succesful mating. All that would happen was the puir wee little beasties would stare each other in the eyes and pine to death

Wot about a Formica monocoque :)