OT: how to remove those Matt material that turn sticky?

[jq75]

silly question but after apply axe oil. how to make it non oily ah??

its the methol smell that stays

 

[starbucks_sg]

Use baking soda.

Put some baking soda onto a damp cloth and wipe off the sticky stuff on matt material. It works with me all the time.

 

[super365]

I use 70% isopropyl alcohol wipe and it works, the brand name also got wiped off. Heard hand sanitizer might work too, never tried.

I hope after removing the stickiness it will never appear again.

 

[super365]

My entire Asus G73 turned sticky after about 1 year of usage.

Tried almost everything from oil, thinner, terpertine, talcum powder. Oil and talcum power worked for short term. After a while, it will becomes sticky again.

Found out in the end that Asus filled parts of the laptop with a ~2mm thick matt coat. I would hence need to remove 2mm thick of the stick coating to remove the stickiness.

My final solution is take a scraper and scrape the entire coating off the case. This will cause a lot of scratches. After that, take sand paper and slowly sand those parts that u missed out during scraping. Finally, use a fine-grit sand paper and sand it till smooth.

I'm now in the process of spray painting the laptop. Recently went to disassemble part of it to blast out the dust that has been causing overheating lately. Might as well go all the way and spray and hide the ugly plastic.

Looks like you need to waste a lot of time and effort.

How do you know your laptop has 2mm thick matt coat?

Before buying a product, how to know if a product uses the kind of plastic that will turn sticky or not? Is there some sort of specs or label to let us know if the plastic will turn sticky?

 

[Shib]

Looks like you need to waste a lot of time and effort.

How do you know your laptop has 2mm thick matt coat?

Before buying a product, how to know if a product uses the kind of plastic that will turn sticky or not? Is there some sort of specs or label to let us know if the plastic will turn sticky?

Good question. I am interested to know how to tell and avoid such products. So far, the appearance like rubber like. Even my Canon DSLR also suffered from this issue.

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[ekardo]

ya..more and more product are using the rubberlised material to give it a posh look but in sg weather really will melt or become sticky after a while..

 

[iszit]

My solution is to use ArmorAll and an old cotton sock. May need multiple applications and rubbing depending on how grimy the surface is. Side effect is surface turns shiny and a little oily after application. Wipe with a moist cloth to reduce the shine and oiliness.

Works well on rubber surfaces of camera grips.

 

[stsilverbullet73]

i confirm axe oil works with a soft cloth. now remote as good as new again.

 

[ekardo]

bumping up!

 

[zensushi]

Browsed the last page of this thread for suggestions to resolve the "sticky rubber" issue.

These worked for me.

Surprised that the speakers had this issue, considering the material seems more plasticky than rubbery.

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