How To Remove and Clean Sticky Plastic from Zoom Recorders
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2022
- TL;DR: Use 70% Isopropyl Alcohol to remove and clean the sticky plastic stuff.
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I hope Zoom manufacturers feel embarrassed.
I just did this today, I removed the gunk with armor all, a couple of cheap microfibre cloths and about an hour or so of polishing. Result is very good, I have smooth plastic now, no stickiness (mine was truely disgusting to touch beforehand, made my hands sticky- eewww!)
Glad the armor all worked for you.
@@VideoGizmology I found that I needed to keep applying it as I went, really I think the microfiber cloth did most of the work.
Thank you for this great info. I used ethanol which is like a denatured alcohol and it worked perfectly.
It worked! Cheap 70% alcohol fixed the stickiness
He ain't lying, alcohol is the best. 91% worked like a charm but be careful with the scrub. Even if you take some of the coating out, it's still better than not being able to hold the recorder.
50% worked okish so I bought 91%. That's when you gotta be careful scrubbing.
I tried acetone and it took of the rubber and a plastic surface is seen and not sticky but it is a tablet so is it good to keep on it or it is okay to leave the revealed plastic
I have been using acetone for years with poor results. The 70% isopropyl is a miracle! Thanks for posting!
That's because acetone dissolves plastics and that's not what you're trying to do here. Alcohol dissolves sticky stuff and the zoom's get very sticky.
The alcohol did the trick! Thanks for this. Before using it my H4N was unusable.
Just discovered that my H1 suffers this. Now it's in the ultrasonic bath with some chemicals (plastic enclosure only). I don't know if it will help. Kind of strange that so common problem isn't solved by producer yet. I'm frustrated badly.
*Acetone dissolves ABS and some other plastics used for plastic enclosures so it's not a good idea to use it for cleaning for them. Some transparent parts can be ruined completely with it.
**Oh, ultrasonic bath helped! I used isopropanol (99.99%) solution about 30-40% by volume with water and added about 20 ml of liquid soap and about 50 ml of hypochlorite-based liquid for sanitary. Temperature was about 65 deg C. Time -- 30 min.
I would strongly advise using the proverbial *lint-free cloth* (NOT paper towels including blue shop towels). I had to rub pretty hard to get the sticky/tacky layer off. Some parts took extra work and multiple passes but but the alcohol worked for me.
Great tip! Thanks!
I just took out my H4n this morning to find it a sticky mess!
I saw other vids about using Alcohol.
Fortunately, I have 99% that I use for electronics work.
This just wiped off the sticky like it was no big deal.
However, the rear cover is a problem for everyone, so I've seen.
So I'll try a small test along one edge with the 99%, but if that doesn't work, I'm going to try
WD40.
I remember using that before on this kind of rubberized crap.
I'll see if that works.
If nothing works, then I guess it'll be time to hit Fusion 360 and try to design a new back cover.
It doesn't look too difficult to duplicate.
Or perhaps, someone has already designed it and put it on thing i verse. ????
70% isopropyl alcohol is the sweet spot. 50% you gotta scrub a lot. 90% you gotta be careful scrubbing so it doesn't discolor. Also use a microfiber clothing in the video. Much easier to scrub.
i used 99% alcohol and it worked great
The easy way is hand sanitizer, 60% alcohol content is perfect 10 minutes, the microfiber cloth helps
Thank you for the Video
But this is not Rubbing Alcohol and is pure Isopropyl Alcohol
There is a slight difference between them as the Rubbing Alcohol has water added to it, so it is not as pure as Isopropyl Alcohol
If you were using Rubbing Alcohol, it would actually say that on the bottle's label
NEVER use Acetone on any type of plastic it will ruin it, period
Thank you
It's Rubber.
Omg i regret buying it cause cant use it with this stupid sticky surface 😭
Isopropyl alcohol will remove a layer of degrading rubberized plastic stickiness. Of the entire thing is degraded, this will not work.
On a laptop with a sticky palm rest, I could not clean it with isopropyl alcohol, but a tiny layer of ArmorAll Protectant stopped the stickiness here.
Use hand sanitizer bro
99% isopropyl alcohol and rub with microfiber cloths
Use hand sanitizer
Got the classic sticky rubber-like plastic but isopropyl 70% did not do anything. Not even tape or blue-tac can remove the dust anymore!
As I read this, I'm using Isopropyl 99%. The slime is coming off with no problem..... SO FAR! LOL
Edited here: Actually, most of it comes off on first rub. But I notice that after it dries, there's still a tiny bit. I can actually see if with the LED light I have over it. But it seems to come off with a 22nd pass.
As it turns out, Zoom just responded to my email. LOL
As others have said, they won't cover it after 3 years (mine is from 2015) and they want $110 + $10 shipping to replace with a newer model. Obviously, now that I can get the sticky off, I won't bother.
Sorry Isopropyl Alcohol doesn't work.
Was it 70%?
@@VideoGizmology It was indeed.
I had the same issue with my Zoom H6 and 91% isopropyl alcohol worked like a charm.
What material were you using to scrub it? Paper towels didn't work at all so I tried a microfiber cloth like in the video, and it started working for me.
Depends on the material and state of degradation.