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| Topic: | Gross Stickiness on URC remotes This thread has 25 replies. Displaying posts 16 through 26. |
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| Post 16 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 14:15 |
tweetymp4 Select Member |
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If you need the spray paint to feel dry immediately, spray an automotive clear coat over the base paint... I use this all the time, works great, the "tackyness" of the spray paint will be gone in munutes. [Link: touchupdirect.com]I've tried the goof off/goo gone stuff... The spray way worked much better. The rubbery goo was melted in minutes.
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| Post 17 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 14:40 |
edmund Elite Member |
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This not URC only problem, many UEI made remotes with satin backs turn to gooey, this include the Kameleons, Producer 8's, and HT-pro(urc-9910).
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| Post 18 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 16:08 |
Fins Elite Member |
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google sticky remote and you will find this is a fairly common problem. It seems some had success with 70% isopropyl alcohol. But, it also looks like in some cases the rubber texture/satin finish is a coating and the alcohol may remove it too.
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| Post 19 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 16:10 |
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This one says baking soda and water [Link: howtocleanstuff.net]
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| Post 20 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 18:59 |
Trunk-Slammer -Supreme Loyal Member |
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All this reminds me of Tributaries speaker wire.
I did a take over that was wired with that stuff, and I had to wear gloves, it was such a slime covered nasty mess.
Luckily none of my URC remotes have this problem.
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| Post 21 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 19:27 |
Archibald "Harry" Tuttle Advanced Member |
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Just last week a new customer pulls out an old Harmony remote which was all nasty sticky like that - she wanted to know if we could make it work again. Told her best thing to do was throw it away.
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| Post 22 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 19:48 |
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On November 29, 2016 at 11:20, Ernie Gilman said...
I've recently had to paint a flexible wire management product ( [Link: officedepot.com]) made of soft PVC and it took at least four days for the paint to stop being sticky. This seems to be the case any time I paint something made of plastic. I use Rustoleum spray paint; I don't know what particular variety, if there are varieties of it. What did you use? Whatever the cause, these different cleaning methods have REALLY helped. I'm going to give GooGone a try first. Thanks for all the help, guys! With all these examples and ready information, I'm a bit amazed that nobody has brought this up for almost ten years! I only use Rustoleum if I have enough time to let it dry- some of theirs do take days and I prefer Krylon, for plastic. GoofOff is similar to GooGone so you can substitute it. Some of the Orange-based cleaners may work, too.
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| Post 23 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 21:29 |
Hi-FiGuy Super Member |
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Just curious as to your locations.
I lived in Southern California most of my life, never a problem with my remotes. Moved to Kentucky where humidity runs rampant, my remotes goed up in a matter of months, cleaned them, they goed back up.
Moved back to Southern California, cleaned them, never a problem again.
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| Post 24 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 21:42 |
goldenzrule Loyal Member |
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I'm in CT and never had an issue. We get our fair share of humidity here, just not year round.
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| Post 25 made on Tuesday November 29, 2016 at 21:43 |
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| Post 26 made on Wednesday November 30, 2016 at 00:05 |
Daniel Tonks Wrangler of Remotes |
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Yeah, the problem with URC seems dependant on the exact paint they were using - not even the color, but the specific batch.
I have old, daily used MX-800's and MX-850's that are still perfectly fine. But, I also had a MX-700 that got **horrible**. I still have the top (beige) half of the case, and it feels like someone painted it with rubber cement that's still drying. URC sent me a replacement case, and that one, even though the same colors, has been fine. Probably different paint supplier.
I have drawers of other URC/UEI remotes with tactile paint that are still fine.
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