Sticky Binoculars

[HellyB]

We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
gentle cleaners have had no effect.

Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
grinders, of course).

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[Andy Burns]

HellyB wrote:

> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
> recently become quite sticky to the touch.

Dunno if it always happens with age, or just to items handled by certain
people with a particular composition of sweat/grease on their skin ...
my old mice wheels go that way if left for a year or two.

[John Rumm]

perhaps a dusting of talc or cornstarch would help...


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[Ian Jackson]

In message <FNadnZ_nb_YuCrPN...@brightview.co.uk>, Andy
Burns <usenet....@adslpipe.co.uk> writes

My wife has 'lost' several pairs of shoes (some absolutely unworn)
because the rubber soles have become sticky - a bit like chewing gum.

I think all of the shoes had been put away for several years, and kept
in their original shoeboxes, which while certainly not air-tight, would
have had very little flow of air through them.

I have a similar problem with a pair of PMR446 walkie-talkies, which now
have sticky rubber cases.

The conclusion I have come to is that the solvent in the rubber has
probably gradually evaporated, and being trapped in the box and unable
to disperse, has reacted with the rubber (partially dissolving its
surface).

I've since kept the walkie-talkies in a box with an ill-fitting lid, and
I reckon the stickiness is slowly beginning to disappear. Maybe the
binoculars would respond similarly.
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[The Natural Philosopher]

shit - you still have mice with wheels?


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[Andy Burns]

The Natural Philosopher wrote:

> shit - you still have mice with wheels?

With scrollwheels - yes doesn't everyone?
With balls instead of optical - no.

[alan]

On 17/08/2012 20:06, HellyB wrote:

Talcum powder

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Yes.
Get a life.

[Jules Richardson]

I keep thinking I should try and find a bollocked rodent - optical ones
seem to have a liking for dog hair, and wig out completely when it blocks
the optics. At least this 'ere Dell mouse doesn't have a red glowing bum
though, unlike its predecessor.

cheers

Jules

[Jules Richardson]

I've seen it plenty of times with rubber pinch rollers in tape drives,
but it seems quite random and independent of use, storage conditions etc.

Sadly I don't think there's a cure - once it's started going like that
it'll just get worse :-(

cheers

Jules

[Nick Odell]

It sounds as if this could be a use for Sugru. See the thread in this
group "Has anyone used/found a use for Sugru?" started two days ago.

Nick

[Dave Liquorice]

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 22:05:49 +0000 (UTC), Jules Richardson wrote:

>>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>>> recently become quite sticky to the touch.
>

> I've seen it plenty of times with rubber pinch rollers in tape drives,
> but it seems quite random and independent of use, storage conditions
> etc.
>
> Sadly I don't think there's a cure - once it's started going like that
> it'll just get worse :-(

Is this "rubberised" a thin coating for "soft touch" that was all the
rage a few years ago? If so patience with a soft scraper (finger nail)
will get it off. If it's a thicker bump protection then as Jules says
it'll just get worse. I suppose talc might help a bit but the underlying
substance is turning to a liquid...

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[Brian Gaff]

Not really, its the demise of the material. I had some so called rubber
soled shoes that went this way.
You may be able to seal it for a while I suppose but the rubber eventually
degrades to a kind of gooey liquid.
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[Brian Gaff]

There is a very well known make of cassette deck which was made by 3M
Wollensack, which had self destructing pressure rollers like this. A sticky
roller is not a good idea of course!

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[Brian Gaff]

I think his mice also have balls.

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> Andy Burns wrote:
>> HellyB wrote:
>>
>>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>>> recently become quite sticky to the touch.
>>
>> Dunno if it always happens with age, or just to items handled by certain
>> people with a particular composition of sweat/grease on their skin ... my
>> old mice wheels go that way if left for a year or two.
>>
> shit - you still have mice with wheels?
>
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[Martin Brown]

On 17/08/2012 20:23, John Rumm wrote:
> On 17/08/2012 20:06, HellyB wrote:
>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
>> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>>
>> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
>> grinders, of course).
>
> perhaps a dusting of talc or cornstarch would help...

Talc or diatomaceous earth sold in garden centres as organic snail
discourager (don't breathe the dust). You want something to bind the
stickyness and make it inert again at the surface.

My old Psion 3 went this way all over. I think the damage is caused by
ozone breaking up the soft rubber polymer to shorter chains.

I don't know if you can ever really recover since the material is
basically shot at this stage and not far off losing structural integrity.

Regards,
Martin Brown

[djc]

My old mobile phone had a rubber coating on the back. It became hard and
shiny and grubby looking so I cleaned in with IPA. Which worked but it
then went soft and sticky.


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[Adrian C]

On 18/08/2012 09:28, Martin Brown wrote:

> I don't know if you can ever really recover since the material is
> basically shot at this stage and not far off losing structural integrity.

I've got the outer skin of a Nikon D200 in that state :(

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[fred]

You can get body armour for cameras

[Rob Miller]

I removed the gunge on my rubberised binoculars with neat washing up liquid
but it took me an hour or so of repeated treatments. I smeared the washing
up liquid on and left it to soak in for about 10 minutes then rubbed it off
with a cloth also soaked in neat washing up liquid, and kept repeating that
until all the gunge came away. That was about a year ago, I have just
checked them and they are still gunge-free.

[field...@gmail.com]

I had same problem with Sigma. Used surgical spirit to remove coating altogether - took a while but binos now useable albeit minus rubberised coating.

[alan]

On 28/02/2014 17:05, field...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>>
>> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
>>
>> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
>>

[Gazz]

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> On Friday, August 17, 2012 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>>
>> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
>>
>> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness?

> I had same problem with Sigma. Used surgical spirit to remove coating
> altogether - took a while

it took you a year and a half i presume?

[Brian Gaff]

Yes the rubber, or synthetic material, leaches out after a while. Things
that have gone this way here are
Pressure rollers on some cassette decks
Shoe soles
Electric shaver covers
some tv fly lead covers
Likewise 1970s tv camera cables.


It seems that the plasticiser eventually leaches out turning the material
to a collection of dusty bits covered in gunge.
Brian

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[Heather]

replying to HellyB , Heather wrote:

I had the same problem and got it off very easily with isopropyl alcohol -
rubbing alcohol. We had alcohol prep pads in the medicine cabinet for
first aid, so I didn't even need a trip to the store. After a little
rubbing, the surface is as good as new. Since the alcohol seemed to have a
dissolving effect, I was sure to wash the binoculars with mild soap
afterwards so that the alcohol wouldn't work on the surface longer than I
wanted it to. I hear the rubber will continue to deteriorate and get
sticky over time, so I may have to repeat the procedure in the future, but
as of right now, I saved $75 replacing the binoculars! Hope this helps!

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[Brian Gaff]

Lots of things seem to suffer this problem. I had an old white cane that had
a handle you could not let go of!
As these are fairly cheap I replaced it, but it does seem certain types of
rubberised material go this way. There is also a fake leather material that
seems to suffer as well, so I guess its a plastic problem.

Brian

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[Syke]

Is there any way of preventing this happening in the first place?

Regards

Syke

[Rod Speed]

Syke <h.mac...@CRUIVEvirgin.net> wrote

> Is there any way of preventing this happening in the first place?

Not that I am aware of. I have just got a new neckband bluetooth
headset and noticed it gets a bit tacky when in the sun.

[G_Evans]

replying to Heather, G_Evans wrote:

> Heather wrote:
>
> I had the same problem and got it off very easily with isopropyl alcohol -
> rubbing alcohol. We had alcohol prep pads in the medicine cabinet for first
aid,
> so I didn't even need a trip to the store. After a little rubbing, the
surface
> is as good as new. Since the alcohol seemed to have a dissolving effect, I
was
> sure to wash the binoculars with mild soap afterwards so that the alcohol
> wouldn't work on the surface longer than I wanted it to. I hear the rubber
will
> continue to deteriorate and get sticky over time, so I may have to repeat
the
> procedure in the future, but as of right now, I saved $75 replacing the
> binoculars! Hope this helps!

Thanks Heather,
I tried the Isopopyl Alcohol on my sticky binoculars and it worked
perfectly.
The sticky rubber was very easily removed and they now look like black
plastic binoculars with no rubber coating (and they seem fine now!).

Thanks for the excellent advice! :)

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[Brian-Gaff]

That liquid has loads of uses like this. I got mine from CPC.
The problem of sticky surfaces has now started to happen on the handle of
my long white cane. Seems the people who make these rubbery substances
cannot make one that lasts for more than a few years.

Brian

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[Rod Speed]

Brian-Gaff <bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote

> That liquid has loads of uses like this. I got mine from CPC.

> The problem of sticky surfaces has now started to happen on the handle of
> my long white cane. Seems the people who make these rubbery substances
> cannot make one that lasts for more than a few years.

Plenty of mine have.

[Mike Tomlinson]

+1 for IPA. Very useful for all sorts of things.

I think the 'rubber' absorbs oils from the hands Brian (in this case,
binoculars and your cane) and this causes it to degrade.

En el artículo <n0i4qj$pid$1...@dont-email.me>, Brian-Gaff
<bri...@blueyonder.co.uk> escribió:

>That liquid has loads of uses like this. I got mine from CPC.
> The problem of sticky surfaces has now started to happen on the handle of
>my long white cane. Seems the people who make these rubbery substances
>cannot make one that lasts for more than a few years.
> Brian
>

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[harry]

On Friday, 17 August 2012 20:06:46 UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>
> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
> grinders, of course).
>

> --
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Steel wool and meths.

[Anna DC]

replying to Ian Jackson, Anna DC wrote:
Hi Ian - did it solve the sticky walkie talkie problem because mine have done
the same (kept in a plastic bag) and I have tried anti-glue solvent to no avail


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[Brian Gaff]

Looks like the send key is sticky as well then. :-)
This sticky rubber on plastic things question comes up regularly of cause.
I seem to recall brake fluid was the last fix suggested.
I had a shaver of the electric kind go this way only a few months ago. It
was on its last legs so I binned it. Rather more worryingly a blind persons
white cane hand grip went likt this and the more you tried to clean it off
the more rubber disappeared, so one imagines the actual chemical make up was
changing, though what it is that does it, I am not sure. I even had some
pressure rolers and idler wheels on a tape recorder go to sticky goo.
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Ian, buy 'Sticky Stuff Remover' its in the shops! Rub hard with a soft cloth and the surface will clear. regards john fraioli.

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On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>
> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
> grinders, of course).
>

> Buy 'Sticky Stuff Remover', Its in the shops. rub firmly to reveal clean surface. regards john fraioli.

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On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>
> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
> grinders, of course).
>

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> Buy 'sticky stuff remover' its in the shops, rub firmly with a soft cloth. regards john fraioli

[Bod]

Very fine emery cloth?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

"Sticky stuff remover".

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[Bod]

On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:08:31 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> On 18/04/2017 14:05, maefr...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
>>>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
>>>> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
>>>> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
>>>>
>>>> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
>>>> grinders, of course).
>>>>
>> Very fine emery cloth?
>
> "Sticky stuff remover".
>

Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

I thought everybody had heard of it, most often used to get label residue off furniture etc.

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You thought wrong. I find white spirit perfectly adequate.
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[Bod]

Well the sticky binocular poster hadn't.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Doesn't that remove colour from things?

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[James Wilkinson Sword]

Or you. Which is odd as I thought it was as well known as white spirit.

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On 18/04/2017 15:50, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:45:15 +0100, Dave W <dave...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> "James Wilkinson Sword" <imv...@somewear.com> wrote in message
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>>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:15:52 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:08:31 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>>>>>
>>>> Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.
>>>
>>> I thought everybody had heard of it, most often used to get label
>>> residue
>>> off furniture etc.
>>>
>> You thought wrong. I find white spirit perfectly adequate.
>
> Doesn't that remove colour from things?

Start with meths, then move on to white spirit. But not for wooden
furniture.

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[James Wilkinson Sword]

That's why I use sticky stuff remover. It doesn't damage things.

I only use white spirit on my hands (no point on paintbrushes, just as cheap to buy a new brush than use loads of white spirit cleaning it).

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Multiple postings and you still didn't notice it's a 4 and a half years
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[Brian Gaff]

I remember this thread. Just goes to show, Nostalgia is what it used to be
after all!

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[Andrew]

They stopped selling it about 5 years ago ...

[Bod]

Oh, righto.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

No they didn't. There are 153 sellers selling it on Ebay, 2/3rds is the De-solv-it original, the rest are Rapid etc equivalents.

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>I remember this thread. Just goes to show, Nostalgia is what it used to be
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> Brian
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Does it work on the worst of the labels on glass jars ?

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Like hell they did.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Sticky+stuff+remover%22

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Pricey way to buy solvent


NT

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Its more than just solvent. I tried all the readily available solvents
and they don’t do anything like the same job on the worst labels.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

The only thing it hasn't worked on is some particularly nasty packing tape where the plastic top of the tape prevents any chemical getting in.

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No it isn't. Those prices are fuck all, they cost less than a meal in a restaurant.

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On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 23:48:25 +0100, <tabb...@gmail.com> wrote:

Have you seen the price of white spirit? It's so expensive it's cheaper to throw away the dirty brush.

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On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:17:21 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
> <tabbypurr> wrote in message

> news:4aeb71e9-4c07-402a...@googlegroups.com...
> > On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 23:37:08 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
> >> "Andrew" <Andrew9...@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message
> >> news:od5l0i$n4d$2...@gioia.aioe.org...
> >> > On 18/04/2017 15:15, Bod wrote:
> >> >> On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >
> >> >>> "Sticky stuff remover".
> >> >>>
> >> >> Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.
> >> >
> >> > They stopped selling it about 5 years ago ...
> >>
> >> Like hell they did.
> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Sticky+stuff+remover%22
> >
> > Pricey way to buy solvent
>
> Its more than just solvent.

sounds unlikely

> I tried all the readily available solvents
> and they don’t do anything like the same job on the worst labels.

so you need the right solvent(s). Whatever that is.


NT

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It's Wodney, he wouldn't know.

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On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:04:00 +0100, <tabb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:17:21 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> <tabbypurr> wrote in message
>> news:4aeb71e9-4c07-402a...@googlegroups.com...
>> > On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 23:37:08 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> >> "Andrew" <Andrew9...@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:od5l0i$n4d$2...@gioia.aioe.org...
>> >> > On 18/04/2017 15:15, Bod wrote:
>> >> >> On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> >
>> >> >>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.
>> >> >
>> >> > They stopped selling it about 5 years ago ...
>> >>
>> >> Like hell they did.
>> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Sticky+stuff+remover%22
>> >
>> > Pricey way to buy solvent
>>
>> Its more than just solvent.
>
> sounds unlikely

If it wasn't, people would just use white spirit. There's no way they've managed to sell a product for decades that's just white spirit rebadged.

>> I tried all the readily available solvents
>> and they don’t do anything like the same job on the worst labels.
>
> so you need the right solvent(s). Whatever that is.

The stuff in sticky stuff remover is perfected. Of course I have nothing to do with this company and don't make any money from them at all :-)

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On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 01:04:00 +0100, <tabb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:17:21 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> <tabbypurr> wrote in message
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>> > On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 23:37:08 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> >> "Andrew" <Andrew9...@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:od5l0i$n4d$2...@gioia.aioe.org...
>> >> > On 18/04/2017 15:15, Bod wrote:
>> >> >> On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> >
>> >> >>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.
>> >> >
>> >> > They stopped selling it about 5 years ago ...
>> >>
>> >> Like hell they did.
>> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Sticky+stuff+remover%22
>> >
>> > Pricey way to buy solvent
>>
>> Its more than just solvent.
>
> sounds unlikely

If it wasn't, people would just use white spirit. There's no way they've
managed to sell a product for decades that's just white spirit rebadged.

>> I tried all the readily available solvents
>> and they don't do anything like the same job on the worst labels.
>
> so you need the right solvent(s). Whatever that is.

The stuff in sticky stuff remover is perfected. Of course I have nothing to
do with this company and don't make any money from them at all :-)

Prick.

[Rod Speed]

"James Wilkinson Sword" <imv...@somewear.com> wrote in message

news:op.yywy2...@red.lan...

Yeah, that appears to be the problem with the
worst of these labels, they're plastic, not paper.

I've just given up on them and use
the jars with the labels still on them.

They survive repeated dishwasher runs fine.

[Rod Speed]

<tabb...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:20c9907d-5b41-4b0a...@googlegroups.com...

> On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 00:17:21 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> <tabbypurr> wrote in message
>> news:4aeb71e9-4c07-402a...@googlegroups.com...
>> > On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 23:37:08 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
>> >> "Andrew" <Andrew9...@mybtinternet.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:od5l0i$n4d$2...@gioia.aioe.org...
>> >> > On 18/04/2017 15:15, Bod wrote:
>> >> >> On 18/04/2017 15:10, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> >
>> >> >>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>> >> >>>
>> >> >> Ok, but I've never heard of that before. Handy to know though.
>> >> >
>> >> > They stopped selling it about 5 years ago ...
>> >>
>> >> Like hell they did.
>> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=%22Sticky+stuff+remover%22
>> >
>> > Pricey way to buy solvent
>>
>> Its more than just solvent.

> sounds unlikely

Then you need to get those ears tested, BAD.

>> I tried all the readily available solvents
>> and they don’t do anything like the same job on the worst labels.

> so you need the right solvent(s). Whatever that is.

No such animal. There is no solvent for some plastics.

[whisky-dave]

On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 15:08:31 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > On 18/04/2017 14:05, maefr...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> On Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:06:46 PM UTC+1, HellyB wrote:
> >>> We have a nice pair of "rubberised" binoculars, but the "rubber" has
> >>> recently become quite sticky to the touch. Washing up liquid and other
> >>> gentle cleaners have had no effect.
> >>>
> >>> Any other possible ways of removing the stickiness? (Apart from angle
> >>> grinders, of course).
> >>>
> > Very fine emery cloth?
>
> "Sticky stuff remover".

Tissues ?

[James Wilkinson Sword]

At least one of us has a dirty mind.

--
Landing: A controlled mid-air collision with a planet.

[Bod]

Filth alert!!!

[charles]

In article <cce01be2-b2ed-4662...@googlegroups.com>,

It's a waste of good stuff, but whisky might help.

--
from KT24 in Surrey, England

[James Wilkinson Sword]

There are 100 euphemisms:

1. Baby Batter
2. Ball Barf
3. Bonkjuice
4. Buttermilk
5. Choad Nectar
6. Clam Sauce
7. Cock Droplets
8. Cock Snot
9. Cough Drops
10. Cuckoo Spit
11. Crack Wax
12. Cream
13. Crud
14. Cum
15. Custard
16. Daddy Sauce
17. Dongwater
18. Erectoplasm
19. Face Cream
20. Fish Dip
21. Flour Water
22. Fructis
23. Fun Gel
24. Gentleman’s Relish
25. Glue
26. Happy Trails
27. Hemulsion
28. High Fructose Porn Syrup
29. Honey
30. Hot Milk
31. Jam
32. Jamba Juice
33. Jazz
34. Jelly
35. Jizz
36. Layonnaise
37. Letch Water
38. Liquid Silk
39. Live Cultures
40. Load
41. Love Liquor
42. Male Tears
43. Man Chowder
44. Man Foam
45. Man Period
46. Man Seed
47. Monkey Juice
48. Nobslurry
49. Nizzle-Drizzle
50. Nut Butter
51. Oil of Man
52. Oil of Ulay
53. Ointment
54. Onward Christian Soldiers
55. Oyster Droppings
56. Pale Marmalade
57. Pearl Jam
58. Penis Colada
59. Pole Milk
60. Population Paste
61. Prick Liquid
62. Protein Shake
63. Pube Solvent
64. Pudding
65. Rude Glue
66. Salad Dressing
67. Satchel Syrup
68. Schlong Jelly
69. Scum
70. Sink Bubbles
71. Slime
72. Snake Spray
73. Soap
74. Spaff
75. Spendings
76. Spew
77. Splashback
78. Splooge/Spooge
79. Spratz
80. Spume
81. Spunk
82. Squiggle
83. String of Pearls
84. Tadpoles
85. Tail Juice
86. Tallow
87. Throat Yogurt
88. Trouser Gravy
89. Turkey Spit
90. Wad
91. Wang Pus
92. Wank Paste
93. Weiner Sauce
94. Wet Paint
95. White Gold
96. White Honey
97. White Light/White Heat
98. White Ribbon
99. Willymilk
100. Wormgob

--
Peter is listening to "Pogues with Sinead O'Connor - I'm a man you don't meet every day"

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Wouldn't vodka be less likely to stain?

--
O'Hare Approach Control to a 747: "United 329 heavy, your traffic is a Fokker, one o'clock, three miles, Eastbound."
United 239: "Approach, I've always wanted to say this... I've got the little Fokker in sight."

[whisky-dave]

Well I was wondering what he might have been watching with those binoculars
and recently becoming sticky... although maybe its a bit soon for bikini watching. ;-)

[James Wilkinson Sword]

Depends if the binoculars are powerful enough to reach over the English Channel.

--
If a person with multiple personalities threatens suicide, is that person considered a hostage situation?

[Bod]

The weather in the North of France is similar to English weather.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

But the French are more likely to get their tits out.

And if you got big enough binoculars, maybe you could se the South of France?
https://blog.privatefly.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Nikon-big-eye-binoculars_after_Goodwood_smaller1.jpg

Anyway didn't you say it was up to 27C the other week?

--
I remember your brother Jimmy, crying one summer's day,
"Why do you cry, young Jimmy?" I heard your granddad say.
"'Cause I can't do what the big boys do, that's why I cry," said Jim,
"Move over then," said your granddad, and he sat down and cried with him.

[Bod]

For one day, yes.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

One day is all you need for the photograph to bribe someone.

--
The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one -- George Bernard Shaw

[Max Demian]

I hadn't heard of it before, but Robert Dyas sell two brands. (I
wouldn't have thought it would be much use for the rubberised binoculars
in the original post, as it's the rubbery stuff itself that has gone
sticky, rather than sticky stuff on top.)

--
Max Demian

[Max Demian]

On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:

>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>>>>
>>>> Tissues ?
>>>
>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
>>>
>> Filth alert!!!
>
> There are 100 euphemisms:

Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.

> 1. Baby Batter
> 2. Ball Barf
> 3. Bonkjuice
> 4. Buttermilk
> 5. Choad Nectar

[...]
[...]
[...]
> 100. Wormgob

--
Max Demian

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>
>>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>>>>>
>>>>> Tissues ?
>>>>
>>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
>>>>
>>> Filth alert!!!
>>
>> There are 100 euphemisms:
>
> Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.

I thought it was just so it wasn't the rude one that the censors wouldn't allow on telly. Ball and Barf are not rude words by themselves.

Is this a reverse euphemism?
https://youtu.be/nVQpptf7SIs?t=27s

>> 1. Baby Batter
>> 2. Ball Barf
>> 3. Bonkjuice
>> 4. Buttermilk
>> 5. Choad Nectar
> [...]
> [...]
> [...]
>> 100. Wormgob


--

The difference between insane asylums and our schools is that in the insane asylum you have to show some improvement before you can get out.

[Max Demian]

On 19/04/2017 14:25, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave
>>>>> <whisk...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword
>>>>>> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Tissues ?
>>>>>
>>>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
>>>>>
>>>> Filth alert!!!
>>>
>>> There are 100 euphemisms:
>>
>> Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.
>
> I thought it was just so it wasn't the rude one that the censors
> wouldn't allow on telly. Ball and Barf are not rude words by themselves.

Neither is semen.

>>> 1. Baby Batter
>>> 2. Ball Barf
>>> 3. Bonkjuice
>>> 4. Buttermilk
>>> 5. Choad Nectar
>> [...]
>> [...]
>> [...]
>>> 100. Wormgob

--

Max Demian

[whisky-dave]

On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:25:18 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
>
> > On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >
> >>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Tissues ?
> >>>>
> >>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
> >>>>
> >>> Filth alert!!!
> >>
> >> There are 100 euphemisms:
> >
> > Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.
>
> I thought it was just so it wasn't the rude one that the censors wouldn't allow on telly. Ball and Barf are not rude words by themselves.

The trick is the more it's said the less rude it is generally speaking
because there is less shock at hearing it.
Amonst my friends the word twat has 2 main meanings .

1/ a midely annoying person that of they were more annoying you'd call them a cunt.
2/ a type or slap either verbal or physical.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:29:33 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:

> On 19/04/2017 14:25, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>>>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave
>>>>>> <whisk...@gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Tissues ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Filth alert!!!
>>>>
>>>> There are 100 euphemisms:
>>>
>>> Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.
>>
>> I thought it was just so it wasn't the rude one that the censors
>> wouldn't allow on telly. Ball and Barf are not rude words by themselves.
>
> Neither is semen.

They are together.

>>>> 1. Baby Batter
>>>> 2. Ball Barf
>>>> 3. Bonkjuice
>>>> 4. Buttermilk
>>>> 5. Choad Nectar
>>> [...]
>>> [...]
>>> [...]
>>>> 100. Wormgob
>


--

How do you scare a man?
Sneak up behind him and start throwing rice.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

I think officially it's a SHEEP'S cunt.

--
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion. -- Steven Weinberg

[whisky-dave]

On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 15:46:03 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:56:29 +0100, whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 14:25:18 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 14:15:16 +0100, Max Demian <max_d...@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 19/04/2017 13:21, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >> >> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 13:13:08 +0100, Bod <bodr...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> >> >>> On 19/04/2017 13:11, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >> >>>> On Wed, 19 Apr 2017 10:22:40 +0100, whisky-dave <whisk...@gmail.com>
> >> >>>> wrote:
> >> >>>>> On Tuesday, 18 April 2017 15:10:12 UTC+1, James Wilkinson Sword wrote:
> >> >
> >> >>>>>> "Sticky stuff remover".
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>> Tissues ?
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> At least one of us has a dirty mind.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>> Filth alert!!!
> >> >>
> >> >> There are 100 euphemisms:
> >> >
> >> > Euphemisms are supposed to be /nice/ expressions for something.
> >>
> >> I thought it was just so it wasn't the rude one that the censors wouldn't allow on telly. Ball and Barf are not rude words by themselves.
> >
> > The trick is the more it's said the less rude it is generally speaking
> > because there is less shock at hearing it.
> > Amonst my friends the word twat has 2 main meanings .
> >
> > 1/ a midely annoying person that of they were more annoying you'd call them a cunt.
> > 2/ a type or slap either verbal or physical.
>
> I think officially it's a SHEEP'S cunt.

Not in the UK it seems.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twat

wodney probbly knows more about a SHEEP'S cunt than most here.

[James Wilkinson Sword]

I said OFFICIALLY.

--
I have the world's oldest typewriter - it prints in pencil

[whisky-dave]

and that means what exactly ?