Quote: I would expect it to have been some sort of nylon.
I was told by the plant engineer at Rustique Enterprises that the GM washer bottle was a celluloid plastic material. If they are in fact a nylon based plastic; (Vydyne nylon 66 and 66/6 - PA66 and PA66/6 - engineering thermoplastic and extrusion-grade resin) they are translucent in color with 85-90% see thru clarity. Either way, they were not a yellowish color!
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It shows a perfect picture of the "white" colored (not yellowed) pellets before they are molded. Plastics were not made to look old when they were newly formed. I imagine the next thing we will be debating is the degree of “brittleness” these should incorporate when they are reproduced. Isn't that the condition most of the original ones seem to be in....somewhat hard and brittle? Lets not just stop with one noticeable aged attribute.
