Sticky switch cleanup for 360.. This really works... Pretty easily!

Even in the most low end vehicles, rarely will you find as-mold trim components because they just don't look as good as parts with coatings.

 

Thanks for all the suggestions guys. I'm excited to try & tackle this problem. Big thanks to Dave of StickyRX too, he just spent a while on the phone with me going over options even giving me tips on how to clean them myself if i went that route.

 

I've made good results using Mothers plastic polish.

 

you used polish after cleaning the buttons or you actually cleaned them using the polish?

 

Polish would definitely do the job, it's just...

If I used my Ibrid Nano to clean plastic parts it'd cost more in pads than to have the pros do it.

As a side note, I wonder if anyone has explored the possibility of making stickers that could be affixed to the buttons, not as true labels, but as masks beteeen the white and black layers, that could be peeled up after reshooting the parts. Removing the goo yourself is pretty easy, and so is recoating the parts. I'm not sure if you could reduce down a soft touch coating enough to shoot it through the .9 tip on a VFAN, but if so, even a total weekend warrior could do the recoating. If not, still very doable at home, just with like $600 worth of equiptment rather than $200.

The only issue is masking off or reetching the buttons that the cleaning would completely strip. The laser is obviously the cleanest way. Right now, it seems like the only way I just wonder if some 9/10 solution isn't lurking out there.

 

umm you lost me at nano and lasers and VFAN satellite drones lol..

 

There are a few out there using paint masks. Looks terrible IMO. They always bleed and you cannot get fine enough detail.

 

Cleaned them with the polish.

 

Yeah, given the small size that seems like masks wouldn't work.

Sorry for being confusing:The ibrid is a new Rupes polisher for detailing small areas (like buttons, inside airflow tunnels, etc.) The Vfan is an airbrush-HVLP hybrid for $160 that surprisingly does not suck and might be a cost effective alternative to recoating interior parts for a hobbiest without a pro gun setup as long as the coatings can be reduced. A laser is the "factory" way to refinish the labeling, like Dave does. I don't think there's any disputing that that's the cleanest and most precise way to fix this issue forever.

 

isopropyl alcohol boys! its working like a charm! i'll do a write up soon- this is a sample of what i achieved in 15 mins on this nasty piece rite here- didn't remove from the car, just put some painters tape around it- doing this in my garage at night so stopping now because i barley have any light lol. will continue tomorrow, this was just a test run
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Yep - and 99% is the best. The only chemical that really works is alcohol. However, when the parts are really bad, almost anything works. Tarek, good job removing the sticky. Now, just for comparison, I'll post a photo of a fully refinished assembly. I'm not knocking what you did - just posting for comparison. I realize everyone has different goals and budgets so it's all good.


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