[sdiy] disgusting sticky rubber wheels solution found

[Rainer Buchty]

On Thu, 28 Dec 2023, t_p via Synth-diy wrote:

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

Seconding this.

If it's a flat surface, I scrub off the goo with an old plastic (debit, 
credit, ...) card and then go for the final cleaning round using paper 
towels and, where required, a soft toothbrush.

Much easier that way than going through several rounds of paper towels.

Luckily, so far I only had two candidates that required this treatment, 
some later Dell Latitude and an illuminated Logitech keyboard. In both 
cases, the "soft lacquer" (or whatever it is officially called) used on 
the handrest parts (and in case of the Dell also the top bar covering 
the LEDs) turned to sticky goo.

(Never tried acetic acid for that, but my gut feeling from using it as a 
decalcifyer for kitchen and bathroom cleaning is that the smell sticks 
around longer than the "technical" and IMO more tolerable IPA smell. But 
that's personal preference, I guess.)

Rainer