Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible advertising piece!!!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Carnival Head!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Setter!!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Ohio Railroad $5!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible MAN CAVE items!!!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Slot Machine!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible hand painted guitar!!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Meerschaum pipe!!!
Old, Odd, Cool and Collectible Vinyl Records!!
History is shaped by the materials we develope and use.
The first plastic was celluloid, a hard permanent solid at room temps, when heated, it becomes soft and moldable.
Heat and pressure was applied to a mix of cellulose nitrate and camphor producing a useable plastic.
40 years later in 1907, Leo Backland found a formula which by adding formaldehyde created a moldable, heat resistant resin devoid of any significant color – in natural state bakelite is cloudy transparent amber.
Sawdust was added along with color ink/dye.
Today, plastics absorb colors readily and are easy to mold.
True bakelite can be tested by rubbing a tiny bit of simichrome polish on the surface with a cottonball. This extracts the formaldehyde and turns the cotton yellow.
