[GreenKeys] platen refurbishing

[Keith Lueck]

Hello all -

I'm having the platen on my M15 re-covered.  It was rock hard, and the type bars were perforating the paper, even when I backed the typing force adjustment as much as possible.  The guy doing the restoration says that the platen currently measures a 100 Shore-A, which is the same as "modern" (lol) Selectric typewriters.  He says older typewriters used a 90 Shore-A material, but claims that the softer material could allow perforation of the paper and ribbon, which is exactly the problem I'm having now...  

Does anyone have an opinion on this?  

I'll keep you all apprised of how this works out...  His prices seem pretty reasonable.  

Thanks,

Keith
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