Sticky plastic? Maybe try this...

This may or may not be of help for F-car owners, but, I bought an Alfa 147 for my daughter
which had very gooey window switches...I suspect this is an Italian car trait..... As it turns out I had a 20 litre drum of isopropyl alcohol on hand, and thought...worth a try.

Needed a few clean towling rags...the goo quickly dissolved and the rags ended up black... but the gooey plastic bits were no longer sticky and came up a treat!

Suffice to say, isopropyl is *very* flamable....so having a smoke while you do this is a bad idea....

 

Cool man!! Any before and after pics?

How old is your daughter Pete? She like big strong Greek boys that drive Ferrari 348's?

 

you beauty peter
i will try it out when i get sticky parts in the spider

 

Having long ago sent multiple shipping containers of cleaned one-pass videotape to Oz, let alone many other countries, I have a question; Do you have one-pass videotape suppliers in Australia?

As I long ago advised someone who after prior trial and error then went on to clean sticky bits in Italian cars, the solvent used by one-pass suppliers to clean the cassettes will do the same for interior bitsas, without harm to silkscreen, etc..

 

.....when I cleaned the sticky parts in my car I just used common gas.......it worked 100%. Ended up with a mat finish, but not sticky at all.

//B//

 

i stripped my handles down to the metal, polished them, then had them nickel plated, no more sticky mess
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beautiful davey

 

Looks nice! Where'd you get those floor mats?

Dave

 

That looks really nice.

 

I bought them from one of my brothers here on fchat, not sure were they came from

 

I just ordered a set at [email protected]
Price was €89,- for a set.

You can probably buy them cheaper in the US.

 

Oi!!! Your married!!! Nicole is enough for you, at least, that's what she told me

I used Iso on some of my interior parts, works great on the more stubborn areas...

 

Do you have a chemical formulation name or brand supplier? If you could post it, perhaps folks could find it or do group buys?

 

Those door handles look sweet....

Nice job on them.

 

+1......I agree, first time I have seen them plated like that and they do look good!

 

Whats behind the ashtray ?
Looks sweet

 

The other well discussed cleaning solution for interiors...Easy Off oven cleaner. Works great, with a few rags and elbow grease!

 

radar detector

 

For any non-scientists out there who want to get hold of this stuff... isopropyl alcohol is also known by the names isopropanol, 2-propanol, and propan-2-ol. Depending on the supplier, they might use different names, but I assure you it is exactly the same chemical - just check the concentration (90%, 95%, 99.9%, etc) on the back when comparing prices to make sure you're paying for the same amount. Happy shopping.

That looks pretty cool. Do you find they dazzle you in bright sunlight, or are they ok from that perspective?

All the best,
Andrew.

 

+ 348 I used it when I cleaned up my sticky bits.

--Mike

 

Really haven't had any problems with that, I get more glare of my black dash

 

That's what I've been using over the past year and a half. Works great, just have to really work it and have a lot of disposable towels. I haven't tried the Oven cleaner yet.