My old cameras are sticky
Aug 25, 2018 22:27:28 #
Adam Selene
Loc: Myrtle Beach SC
Hi! I have a Nikon N80 and an F80 that have lived in a tamrac bag for years. I just took them out and the backs and sides (the pleather parts) are sticky. I tried cleaning them with windex and then with alcohol. still sticky! any suggestions to unsticky them?
Aug 25, 2018 22:35:08 #
I'd like to know too. I know some rubber things tend to get sticky as they grow old.
Aug 25, 2018 22:50:50 #
I use alcohol and lots of it and spent about an hour or so.
It would fix it but it doesn't look like new. It would be smooth.
It would fix it but it doesn't look like new. It would be smooth.
Aug 26, 2018 00:04:02 #
pwrxprt
Loc: Beaumont, California
Have you tried "Goo Gone"? I've not used it on my camera, but I have on other things and it does take away the stick feeling. I hope it works.
Aug 26, 2018 00:09:12 #
Aug 26, 2018 00:16:17 #
alx
Loc: NJ
pwrxprt wrote:
Have you tried "Goo Gone"? I've not used it on my camera, but I have on other things and it does take away the stick feeling. I hope it works.
I've seen it eat some things, so approach with caution.
Aug 26, 2018 01:13:58 #
alx wrote:
I've seen it eat some things, so approach with caution.
They made a 50's movie like that. The Blob.
Aug 26, 2018 06:11:41 #
Try a light application of baby powder. It does not remove the decomposing plastic/rubber, but it does reduce the tacky feeling.
Aug 26, 2018 07:00:33 #
LXK0930
Loc: Souh Jersey
I find that petroleum distillates (charcoal lighter fluid is the cheapest) get rid of the goo from sticky labels, tape, etc.
I have never tried them on a camera, and think that it may dissolve the glue holding the covering, so test it first.
Also, be sure not to use it around flame or lit cigarettes.
I have never tried them on a camera, and think that it may dissolve the glue holding the covering, so test it first.
Also, be sure not to use it around flame or lit cigarettes.
Aug 26, 2018 07:06:02 #
Aug 26, 2018 07:14:57 #
Kurd Kutter makes an adhesive remover that I used many times when I owned a sign company. I don’t know how it would affect rubber or leather, so try it on a small area if you decide to use it.
Aug 26, 2018 07:24:20 #
carl hervol
Loc: jacksonville florida
the big problem is you keep them in a camera bag and they get no air circulation this brake down the rubber I keep my cameras on a bed with a towel over then 
Aug 26, 2018 07:38:05 #
carl hervol wrote:
the big problem is you keep them in a camera bag and they get no air circulation this brake down the rubber I keep my cameras on a bed with a towel over then
Yep that is right, If you are in no hurry you can just keep them exposed to air for a couple of weeks and it seems to eventually goes away.
Aug 26, 2018 08:08:41 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
Adam Selene wrote:
Hi! I have a Nikon N80 and an F80 that have lived in a tamrac bag for years. I just took them out and the backs and sides (the pleather parts) are sticky. I tried cleaning them with windex and then with alcohol. still sticky! any suggestions to unsticky them?
Try Simple Green.
Aug 26, 2018 08:11:17 #
Adam Selene wrote:
Hi! I have a Nikon N80 and an F80 that have lived in a tamrac bag for years. I just took them out and the backs and sides (the pleather parts) are sticky. I tried cleaning them with windex and then with alcohol. still sticky! any suggestions to unsticky them?
You're not the first to post this problem here. Some ideas.
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