FastEagle wrote:
There are many in the tire and rubber industries that would like to be able to put a definitive time line on tire aging. They are all - sort if - handcuffed by confidentiality........
I completely disagree. This is a technical issue - that is, there is no good way to express tire aging without getting complicated.
At the beginning of this thread, I tried to express it as best I can. My experience with dealing with companies and organizations and the way they publish information say that even my simplistic way is too complex.
FastEagle wrote:
......Those little secrets in the composition of a tire’s make-up are what complicates any time line. They are not going to talk about it, it’s confidential. Only a serious, substantiated quarry, from a ruling body will get a tire or rubber manufacturer to reveal any of the confidential compositions (mix)........
It doesn't matter what the composition of the rubber is. What matters is how to express the aging thing in a way that is meaningful - in a way that Mr. Joe Average can know what to do. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem possible.
