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LarsSivad
I have a question to anybody who has recently purchased a new reproduction Bertone Badge.
The distributor of the badges in question is aware of this posting and is currently requesting further information from the manufacturing plant.
Seriously, I’m a bit timid in bringing this up as I do not wish to cause any heartache to anyone and I will gladly announce my error based on my ignorance with the property’s of polyurethane. The badges themselves are a perfect reproduction and seem to have high quality workmanship, except for the polyurethane, and it is the polyurethane that is center of this email query.
Not sure if this is unique to the badges I’ve received, a systemic production issue or simply not knowing what I’m seeing or my lack of experience with Polyurethane.
1) Received two remanufactured Bertone Badges.
2) Noticed the Polyurethane protective covering is not solid, yet jelly like.
3) I can press my fingernail into the polyurethane and leave a dimple.
4) Leaving the dimple alone, the dimple will re-flow to the point of never being present.
5) Can buff the polyurethane with the palm of hand and re-flow/re-jell to the point of never being present.
I’ve uploaded some photos so hopefully they will show up in this post.
My question is this;
Has anybody else had this issue or; Am I such a newbie to polyurethane I don’t know that this is a normal function and expected?
Details of the photos,
FYI: both badges have the same issue, I only photographed one of the badges at random.
Larry
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4060/bertonebadge.jpg
UPDATE: Some have asked me for the vendor's contact information for purchasing, with the vendors approval,
Henk Martens
Keimate 5
6663 KB Lent
Tel: 024-3227666
martens_tuil*hetnet.nl <-email, no idea why the 'at' symbol does not show up; but the * is where you'll put the 'at' symbol
The distributor of the badges in question is aware of this posting and is currently requesting further information from the manufacturing plant.
Seriously, I’m a bit timid in bringing this up as I do not wish to cause any heartache to anyone and I will gladly announce my error based on my ignorance with the property’s of polyurethane. The badges themselves are a perfect reproduction and seem to have high quality workmanship, except for the polyurethane, and it is the polyurethane that is center of this email query.
Not sure if this is unique to the badges I’ve received, a systemic production issue or simply not knowing what I’m seeing or my lack of experience with Polyurethane.
1) Received two remanufactured Bertone Badges.
2) Noticed the Polyurethane protective covering is not solid, yet jelly like.
3) I can press my fingernail into the polyurethane and leave a dimple.
4) Leaving the dimple alone, the dimple will re-flow to the point of never being present.
5) Can buff the polyurethane with the palm of hand and re-flow/re-jell to the point of never being present.
I’ve uploaded some photos so hopefully they will show up in this post.
My question is this;
Has anybody else had this issue or; Am I such a newbie to polyurethane I don’t know that this is a normal function and expected?
Details of the photos,
- In the first image the badge was untouched and had been sitting for several days.
- In the second image the badge was held in the palm of my left hand while my right hand pressed the middle three fingers into the surface of the badge for approximately 2-4 seconds. Moderate pressure.
- In the third and final image the badge was buffed with the palm of my hand until the impressions were re-flowed into the Polyurethane jell.
FYI: both badges have the same issue, I only photographed one of the badges at random.
Larry
http://img692.imageshack.us/img692/4060/bertonebadge.jpg
UPDATE: Some have asked me for the vendor's contact information for purchasing, with the vendors approval,
Henk Martens
Keimate 5
6663 KB Lent
Tel: 024-3227666
martens_tuil*hetnet.nl <-email, no idea why the 'at' symbol does not show up; but the * is where you'll put the 'at' symbol
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