From: jjhudak@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 8:12:10 AM UTC-4, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > On 2022-09-20 06:03, Clifford Heath wrote:   
   > > On 20/9/22 05:41, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > >> On 2022-09-19 18:00, Bob F wrote:   
   > >>> On 9/19/2022 8:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   > >>>> On 2022-09-18 16:44, Peter wrote:   
   > >>>>> On 9/17/2022 2:36 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >   
   > >>> Is there a rubbery or even plastic material there that could be   
   > >>> breaking down? Some can release gooey liquid.   
   > >>   
   > >> Nope. None that I could see.   
   > >   
   > > The buttons are usually molded into a silicone sheet. The silicoen   
   > > starts to de-polymerise and that's where the liquid comes from - it's   
   > > silicone oil. You can clean it off with alcohol, but that just gives you   
   > > enough time to look for a new remote control.   
   > I wonder if that is the degradation process that happens to kitchen   
   > utensils, that have parts made in some kind of non slippery rubber.   
   > After some years, they degrade and leak something like a glue and have   
   > to be thrown to the garbage, unless the rubber part can be removed and   
   > the thing still works.   
   >   
   > It is not, apparently, what happened to my remote, as the buttons are   
   > still, apparently, intact.   
   >   
   > --   
   > Cheers, Carlos.   
   I have not seen this happen to kitchen utensils.  I have seen it happen to car   
   radio head units, car climate control centers, and hand tools.  I don't know   
   of anyway to stop the process or clean up the mess.   
      
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