any suggestions for fixing sticky knobs on 360
If you do a search under "Greased Lightning" or "Sticky" who'll find a large source of information on how to deal with the sticky knobs etc in your interior. Greased Lightning is a cleaner that can be purchased at Home Depot. It works very well in loosening the gooey surfaces. They still require some elbow grease to remove. Can follow up with "Back to black" from Mother's or S100 Engine Brightner which is also used on bringing rubber and plastic back to life. I'm tackling this right now in my 360. I just cleaned my window switches without removing them and my console switches and ash tray. The above works very well but does require some effort.
This topic has been discussed ad infinitum. My solution: remove parts, spray with Easy-Off oven cleaner, let sit 1 minute, then rinse with water (goo washes off). Dry and re-spray with Plasti-Cote Rubberized black spray paint (Lowe's or Home Depot) for an identical feeling surface. I did mine 6-8 years ago and it remains perfect. Total cost about $5.50
Just sent my 360 dash parts to Sticky No More this week. Should have the parts back for installation next week. Seems to happen to them all. Mine is 2003 which did fine in Co.,however upon moving to Fl. was getting sticky the last yr.
While we are kinda on the same subject. Does anyone recommend someone to send my 355 dash out to for recovering? Thanks
Any idea about doing this in-situ? My 8C's "wet" gearbox selector button cannot easily be removed. Q-tip to remove...but how to reblack is the issue...
Oxyclean mixed with water will remove just the top decayed part of the soft touch without removing any paint. Another forum user posted this excellent advice. It is much safer than alcohol for the paint underneath as well. Depending on how far gone your soft touch is, you might be able to just remove the top layer, leaving workable soft touch underneath. I was pleasantly surprised when I used oxy on my 599 and the knobs felt great again.
Please be careful with these "home" remedies you see people posting about. What works on one part may not work on another. We get jobs in with numerous parts from the same car and most of the time the process for the parts varies from piece to piece. I see ruined parts daily from guys attempting to refinish their own parts only to ruin them.
In an older post quoted above I referenced Easy Off Oven Cleaner as a means to remove the old sticky substance. Easy Off has changed their formulation and it no longer works. Sorry. On the flip side, the parts I refinished 15 years ago remain perfect.
This is a never ending subject... A non non-sense approach is to use a soft cleaner (i.e a product that will not make the plastic brittle) and if it fails send it to a professional. Citrus turpentine (pure "D-Limonene" or diluted as found in so-called citrus cleaner) and Isopropyl alcool are probably the best product one can use without fear of damaging the parts. As a last resort I am using old brake fluid: that's the most powerful product I am using. it will just remove any coat of paint Unfortunately it can eat some plastics (nylon), so unless I am certain the plastic is ABS (or the part is cheap), I refrain from using it. (you can have a look here at the end result https://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/threads/what-did-you-do-to-your-365-gt4-2-2-400-412-today.488990/page-7#post-147139253) To answer the OP question, D-Limonene is probably the safest bet.
