The solution is to never eat while watching TV, and to always wash your hands after eating. I belive the technical name is either gunk (or funk (TM) :) ).
The department I work in produces polyisoprene rubber. As part of the drying process we run it through a model 10 [manufacturer's name had to be removed because of spam filter - it starts with ander and ends with son] expander coupled to a 900 RPM, 800 HP motor (4:1 gearbox puts the screw speed...
