Reviving elastomers in a microwave!?!?

[novocaine]

It only works if you stick a fresh egg next to them...

surely it needs to be a non fresh egg. mmm hydrogen sulphide and dinosaur farts.

 

[averagebiker]

This reminds me of the story back in the BMX days of the 80s about Skyway Tuffs, and if you buckled them, you put them in the freezer and they straightened out.

I remember this. It is also why I never bought any as I knew my mum would never let me put them in the freezer anyway lol

 

[DaiP]

Morning,
I saw a mention of briefly microwaving elastomers in a cup of eater to revive them (restore shape and soften them).

Has anyone tried this? Did it work?

Tempted to give it a go!

Rich.

As I’m waiting for delivery of some new elastomers for my forks and the old ones are knackered, I decided to experiment to see if the old ones could be revived. Not sure if this will work but hopefully the linked YouTube clip gives an idea of how it went.

It’s nothing dodgy, just a clip of the Fast Show.
Edited for correct clip