Comment on Something sticky has invaded my life
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
some sort of plastic or rubber is degrading, maybe my phone case?
There’s this type of coating – I commented on it a while back, will link to my comment in a sec – that was put on a lot of consumer electronics that over time, breaks down to become sticky.
kagis
TPE, thermoplastic elastomers. They break down over time into really sticky goo.
I haven’t seen it in some years – was a real problem maybe, I dunno, ten years ago? If your thing is only six years old, I dunno if it’s that.
But isopropyl alcohol and enough elbow grease will get it off, if it’s just a coating on plastic.
I don’t see anything when searching for “sticky otterbox”, though, so I don’t know if that’s the factor, even if that’s what’s going on here. My experience that the source is pretty obvious, since it’s a “grippy” rubberized thing that becomes sticky.
But isopropyl alcohol and enough elbow grease will get it off, if it’s just a coating on plastic.
Do beware, however, that you may want to dilute the alcohol to some degree, or simply use a lower concentration form of it. Too strong and it may eat at the underlying plastic just as much as the coating and ruin it.
are you getting a cut from kagi for writing that instead of search? gimme the deets on that deal if so! 😛
Nah, I just used to write “googles” and when I switched search engines to Kagi, switched to “kagis”.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Stop trying to make “kagis” happen. It’s not going to happen.
SatyrSack@lemmy.one 2 months ago
Sounds like a dirty word
Archer@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I do my kagis every day, if you know what I mean