Limbsaver rotting away

Grayrock said:

I have a Limbsaver Slip-on recoil pad that has been damaged by some solvent or environmental condition. I left it in a shell bag for about a year in my garage. I just pulled it out and found some edges had "melted" and stuck to the canvas material of the shell bag. What could have caused that? Was it high heat? Some sort of solvent? An interaction with an adjacent material? Old age? If I could figure out what caused it I can avoid putting the pad in the same conditions in the future and hopefully keep using it for a long time. Thanks for your insight into this.

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bannockburn said:

I have had the same problem with a spotting scope. The rubberized coating on it has turned into this sticky mess and the scope has been in it's factory case all this time, never exposed to any chemical substances or solvents. Best I can figure is that there was some sort of chemical reaction with the foam inserts in the case, though everything has been kept in a dry and temperature controlled environment.

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