Soft Touch Coating Sticky
In both cases the material that will become rubber starts out life in a sticky condition.
Soft touch coating sticky. Next was a mouse i bought with a soft touch feel you know the ones. This maybe useful when the product is new but overtime this coating becomes sticky mess that is anything but nice to touch. This took a bit of stick away but it came back. You ve probably come across this yourself as it s pr.
It s as sticky as maple syrup because the molecules in the substance are long chains with very weak links to each. Soft touch plastic coatings on devices getting sticky with age. Today i found a world band radio i have had for a few years was also sticky. Once in this sticky touch state removing it can be difficult.
Soft touch is a coating applied to plastics to give them a soft grippy feel. Restore soft plastic which has developed sticky or rubbery film e g. An example can be the handle of hairdryers old pens mice etc. That s actually latex rubber particles in water.
Old mouse hair dryer handle etc soft plastic surfaces sometimes become sticky as they age. Solved sticky non slip rubber coating problem over the years manufacturers have been attempting to make their gadgets and devices easier to handle by applyin. Thinking maybe i got something on it but couldn t figure out what. It worked but it also removed all the printed on labels.
How to clean sticky rubber. It too started to disintegrate back to a semi liquid gooey sticky mess. Next i tried rubbing alcohol and stronger alcohols this stripped the sticky coating down to the bare plastic. Sometimes due to environmental conditions like temperature and uv exposure the rubber can break down and become sticky.
But the coating on these older items seem to be degrading and specifically getting sticky. Hard plastic but with a soft touch coating that looks and feels when new pretty dang cool. Soap has no effect on this sticky film and often it is the reason stuff is thrown out. For example the rubber tree emits a sticky syrup that we can refine into rubber.