Button cleaning ?

[bembo449]

What do you suggest i clean these with ??

 

[LostKiwi]

Disinfectant!

 

[flowrider]

In the past I have rubbed gently with sticky stuff remover.

 

[Blobcat]

Flash wipe

 

[EmilysDad]

They look like the buttons on my R Class .... the 'rubber' coating easily comes off

 

[Gazwould]

G101 .

Sticky stuff remover may contain a solvent .

 

[Wighty]

Soap and water first before going stronger

 

[Frontstep]

When you have removed the degraded gooey rubberised coating (I used white spirit) you are left with a hard plastic button.

 

[ajlsl600]

They look like the buttons on my R Class .... the 'rubber' coating easily comes off

no better on 01 w208. i on second set steering control buttons , no one eats or drinks in any of my cars but the buttons just seem to reach a point where they get sticky ,i have yet to discover a non replacement solution .

 

[EmilysDad]

no better on 01 w208. i on second set steering control buttons , no one eats or drinks in any of my cars but the buttons just seem to reach a point where they get sticky ,i have yet to discover a non replacement solution .

I just changed the car

 

[Blobcat]

I just changed the car

Drastic but successful

 

[EmilysDad]

Drastic but successful

Rubber/soft touch coating seems to do this on what ever flavour car you have.

 

[ajlsl600]

I just changed the car

as said a bit drastic , i dont think they were well made ,but there it is now i think they are made of harder stuff .

 

[bembo449]

Hmmm , i dont mind if the buttons look hard / shiney so reckon i will just give them a clean and see what happens

 

[LostKiwi]

Hmmm , i dont mind if the buttons look hard / shiney so reckon i will just give them a clean and see what happens

Problem is once the coating comes off you lose the image to tell what the button does to and end up with a shiny black bit with a shiny white square.

 

[bembo449]

Well what else can be done LK ? I guess they can't be bought new

 

[Frontstep]

Mine didn't lose anything other than the sticky coating.

Perhaps the beige is different ?

 

[John Laidlaw]

Try some IPA on a microfibre cloth first before anything drastic

 

[bembo449]

You want me to use beer on them john ??

 

[John Laidlaw]

You want me to use beer on them john ??

Use lager if you can’t find IPA but NOT Stella that’s corrosive