Maybe a little off the immediate topic, but I got a red-handled
RubberMaid(r) Hi-Temp rubber spat not too long ago and kept in in my
Messermeister Attache knife kit in the trunk if my car (for work), and it
attracted high volumes of FIRE ANTS! The seemed to chew off bits of the
rubber, leaving a fine, powdery residue of the rubber all inside my case,
not to mention them being all up in there! WTF is up with THAT? They made
the edges of the NEW spat all rough, as though ground against a hi-speed
wire-brush bench grinder!

"Davida Chazan - The Chocolate Lady" > wrote in
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> NOTE: My Correct Address is in my signature (just remove the spaces).
> On Thu, 25 Mar 2004 04:09:49 GMT, shipwreck >
> wrote:
>
> >When I rub a spatula against the inside of my KitchenAid mixng bowl
> >(dry) this black stuff winds up on the rubber. It smells metalic.
> >It can't be the spatula. It happens on all 4 of them (different
> >spatulas).
> >
> >What could this be? It happens when rubbed vigerously, but still, it
> >happens.
> >
> Sounds like left over residue - either on the bowl or the spatula -
> that's having a chemical reaction with the materials of the bowl and
> spatula.
>
>
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> Davida Chazan (The Chocolate Lady)
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