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Re: Rooy portable : What materials ?
Some more recent videos about the Rooy ultraportabl typewriter (and others) :
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thetypewriterman wrote:
Asbestos was never used in typewriters./ You are perfectly safe.
Ok, and so, what materials can the covering of my Rooy be made of ? Other than open cell foam...
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Re: Rooy portable : What materials ?
It is possible that the coating is flock paint, sprayed on to look like a flocked surface. But definitely not containing asbestos 
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Hi Olivier
That looks like felt to me, either natural wool, manmade fiber or a combination. All the best,
Sky
We humans go through many computers in our lives, but in their lives, typewriters go through many of us.
In that way, they’re like violins, like ancestral swords. So I use mine with honor and treat them with respect.
I try to leave them in better condition than I met them. I am not their first user, nor will I be their last.
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That looks like felt to me, either natural wool, manmade fiber or a combination.
And can these materials be finely flocked ?
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Any ideas
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