[sdiy] disgusting sticky rubber wheels solution found

[t_p]

I used IPA (not the beer) and it worked miracles!

On Thu, Dec 28, 2023, 14:55 Florian Anwander <fanwander at mnet-online.de>
wrote:

> I talked to someone who is doing enclosure manufacturing, and he said,
> that basically the idea of using those soft plastics isn't good. Those
> materials require so called plasticizers (softeners). These diffuse towards
> the surface at room temperature, where they then evaporate - normally. If
> the material is not ventilated, the plasticizers dissolve the top layer of
> the plastic quite quickly, which then becomes sticky. If the material can
> ventilate, it becomes brittle and fragile. Neither is a good option.
>
>
> Am 28.12.23 um 12:14 schrieb Mattias Rickardsson:
>
> Is there any knowledge of what's causing this stickiness? It doesn't
> happen to every unit in a similar way.
>
> Somehow it seems like sunlight could be one cause, gear sitting unused
> possibly another, and also possibly lack of ventilation (gear stowed away
> in storage/boxes/plastic bags). Perhaps also grease/dirt from earlier use.
> But are there some facts? :-)
>
> /mr
>
>
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