Soft Touch Coating Sticky

Old mouse hair dryer handle etc soft plastic surfaces sometimes become sticky as they age.

Soft touch coating sticky. It worked but it also removed all the printed on labels. Restore soft plastic which has developed sticky or rubbery film e g. 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. This took a bit of stick away but it came back.

But the coating on these older items seem to be degrading and specifically getting sticky. Thinking maybe i got something on it but couldn t figure out what. Next was a mouse i bought with a soft touch feel you know the ones. Soap has no effect on this sticky film and often it is the reason stuff is thrown out.

Not just to the touch which is unpleasant enough but such that lint or animal hairs or dust or whatever is in fact actually sticking to them. Hard plastic but with a soft touch coating that looks and feels when new pretty dang cool. Once in this sticky touch state removing it can be difficult. For example the rubber tree emits a sticky syrup that we can refine into rubber.

You ve probably come across this yourself as it s pr. Today i found a world band radio i have had for a few years was also sticky. So i tossed it. It too started to disintegrate back to a semi liquid gooey sticky mess.

It s as sticky as maple syrup because the molecules in the substance are long chains with very weak links to each. Soft touch is a coating applied to plastics to give them a soft grippy feel. On many products such as electronics rubber is added to help with grip. That s actually latex rubber particles in water.

In both cases the material that will become rubber starts out life in a sticky condition. Next i tried rubbing alcohol and stronger alcohols this stripped the sticky coating down to the bare plastic. An example can be the handle of hairdryers old pens mice etc. Soft touch plastic coatings on devices getting sticky with age.