The Secret is Out - We now know what Philco-Bendix Door and Soap Boots were made out of!
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turquoisedude
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Awww, they didn't post the recipe...
Ugh gorgeous
now we must find the molds !!
Enjay was a division of Humble Oil which all turned into Exxon eventually. I think Humble was the parent over Enjay & Esso.
Enjay was located in NJ at the time of this ad.
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now we must find the molds !!
Enjay was a division of Humble Oil which all turned into Exxon eventually. I think Humble was the parent over Enjay & Esso.
Enjay was located in NJ at the time of this ad.
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Nope, no recipe, but it's good to know the name Butyl and Chlorobutyl. If any of us ever remakes these boots I'm sure it would be better to use modern silicone rubber, but to have the actual rubber name for a historical reference is amazing. I've never seen it mentioned anywhere before this ad.
If Enjay is still around they might have the molds?
If Enjay is still around they might have the molds?
turquoisedude
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Hmmm... The style of the 'E' in the Enjay name in the ad makes me think Esso. Perhaps Exxon still has them kicking around a stockroom somewhere...
arbilab
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The antitrust breakup of Standard Oil spawned a plethora of names/logos and lawsuits over every one of them. 'Exxon' was at last adopted as a 'made-up word that meant nothing in any language' to label all the dissenting versions. Enjay was obviously NJ, New Jersey. Here's the whole sordid story, if you can follow it.
Now of course, we're invited to think of Exxon-Mobil. Probably to NOT think of Exxon-Valdez, though oiled seabirds is the image I get from 'Exxon'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon
Now of course, we're invited to think of Exxon-Mobil. Probably to NOT think of Exxon-Valdez, though oiled seabirds is the image I get from 'Exxon'.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon
My gawd
thats confusing ! You'd need a family lineage chart to keep track of it all.
And sad too ! The very first word I learned to read was from the car looking up at an Esso sign. My parents were so relieved that "the" child could read they rejoiced.
I have an Esso sign and love it !
thats confusing ! You'd need a family lineage chart to keep track of it all.
And sad too ! The very first word I learned to read was from the car looking up at an Esso sign. My parents were so relieved that "the" child could read they rejoiced.
I have an Esso sign and love it !
The reason Enjay Chemical was named that was because Standard Oil of New Jersey (Esso) only had rights to that name in certain states...in all actuality they were Esso Chemical; but couldn't operate under that name in most of the states. The original Standard Oil companies owned the rights to that name in their territories...Socony-Vacuum (Mobil) was Standard/New York; American Oil Company (Amoco) was Standard of Indiana, Standard of California was Chevron, Standard of Kentucky was KYSO, Standard of Ohio was Sohio, etc etc. Growing up in Missouri, the Standard station was Standard of Indiana. They all had an interoperable credit card system back in the 40s/50s/60s until they started to merge and create national retail footprints. The last truly interoperable card was Sohio, who maintained their agreements with all of the original Standards. My dad had tins of epoxy glue in the work room which were labeled Enjay (must have been from roughly 1970 right before Exxon).
It's a shame that ESSO did not have a bee for its corporate mascot.
Oh Good Old ESSO
Every Sucker Stops Once, I will not to this day buy gas at a Exon Station, the Valdez mess and Exons continued use of single haul tankers is not something I want to support. We have several friends that worked for Mobil Oil for years and when Exon took over Mobil they lost a lot of benefits including their domestic partner benefits.
Every Sucker Stops Once, I will not to this day buy gas at a Exon Station, the Valdez mess and Exons continued use of single haul tankers is not something I want to support. We have several friends that worked for Mobil Oil for years and when Exon took over Mobil they lost a lot of benefits including their domestic partner benefits.
firedome
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Butyl and Chlorobutyl
are standard synthetic rubber types and still readily available in raw form, I know of an industrial source for them. I recall making Butyl in Organic Chem lab once using a catalyst to polymerize, I think, isobutylene, or something close. It's very similar to car inner tube rubber, ie: impermeable and resilient, and maybe a boot could be somehow made out of those.
are standard synthetic rubber types and still readily available in raw form, I know of an industrial source for them. I recall making Butyl in Organic Chem lab once using a catalyst to polymerize, I think, isobutylene, or something close. It's very similar to car inner tube rubber, ie: impermeable and resilient, and maybe a boot could be somehow made out of those.
whirlcool
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Only this year did Exxon-Mobil decide to equalize the benefits between all employees.
I think this is because a lot of the old rednecks that used to run Exxon (people that did not like ANYTHING employees did) have died off and/or retired. I know a number of people who work for Exxon-Mobil and the only reason most of them stay is because they pay good money and offer job security. Other than that the company enjoys it's low moral, top heavy control freak management. They have a hard time employing millenials because they have heard about Exxon and they want no part of it. In stark contrast, Mobil was really into treating their employees with respect and was a great place to work. I knew one guy who left Exxon and went to work for Mobil where he loved it. When the merger came he decided he wasn't going. He said "Did that once, NOT going to do it again!".
One guy I know told me that if your supervisor wanted to talk to you about "Career Development" that was a sign the company was about to screw you over big time!
I think this is because a lot of the old rednecks that used to run Exxon (people that did not like ANYTHING employees did) have died off and/or retired. I know a number of people who work for Exxon-Mobil and the only reason most of them stay is because they pay good money and offer job security. Other than that the company enjoys it's low moral, top heavy control freak management. They have a hard time employing millenials because they have heard about Exxon and they want no part of it. In stark contrast, Mobil was really into treating their employees with respect and was a great place to work. I knew one guy who left Exxon and went to work for Mobil where he loved it. When the merger came he decided he wasn't going. He said "Did that once, NOT going to do it again!".
One guy I know told me that if your supervisor wanted to talk to you about "Career Development" that was a sign the company was about to screw you over big time!
whirlcool
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Back to the subject at hand.
Several years ago a member was working on reproducing Westinghouse FL door boots.
It seemed like it dragged on forever. Did those boots ever actually get made and distributed?
Several years ago a member was working on reproducing Westinghouse FL door boots.
It seemed like it dragged on forever. Did those boots ever actually get made and distributed?
