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newlite4 · 15th Apr 2016, 9:29 am

Having problems recently with better quality radios that have a silky rubber layer on top of plastic. When new, the finish offers good grip and looks attractive, but after only a few years the rubber develops a stickyness that attracts dust and dirt and is impossible to clean.. I have tried most cleaners to no avail, eventually the rubber comes off along with the legends leaving the plastic beneath, ultimately the radio becomes a scrapper.
Many sets use this "temporary" finish, Tivoli PAL, Pure Classic, as well as a host of hand helds. I wish makers would stop doing this, it is worse than the Philips "suedette" finish on their early eighties test equipment that over the years turned into a sticky fluffy mess.
Neil

15th Apr 2016, 9:29 am	#1
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,806	Modern radios - rubber finish Having problems recently with better quality radios that have a silky rubber layer on top of plastic. When new, the finish offers good grip and looks attractive, but after only a few years the rubber develops a stickyness that attracts dust and dirt and is impossible to clean.. I have tried most cleaners to no avail, eventually the rubber comes off along with the legends leaving the plastic beneath, ultimately the radio becomes a scrapper. Many sets use this "temporary" finish, Tivoli PAL, Pure Classic, as well as a host of hand helds. I wish makers would stop doing this, it is worse than the Philips "suedette" finish on their early eighties test equipment that over the years turned into a sticky fluffy mess. Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.