Master Replica Vader FX grips are very sticky

[Halliwax]

My grips have been sticky for years but I haven’t bothered to fix it.
Not a brag by any means but in 2012 I owned a Ferrari 348. Bought when they were at their absolute cheapest. They as well as some of the later models are notorious for getting sticky switches throughout them. Of course all of the items were a rubber coated type switch or cover. There are dedicated services that will remove the stickiness. I would venture to think it is some sort of urethane that eventually breaks down. The stickiness is very similar to uncured urethane. It would make sense that alcohol would work since that effectively cuts urethane. Acetone may do the same thing but you would have to be very careful with it.

Never heard of this before, very interesting!

 

[Imperial Weapon]

I managed purely by the friction of my finger

 

[drftfan]

Yeah I think it carried through to the 360 but am not sure about the F430s.

 

[Imperial Weapon]

Yeah I think it carried through to the 360 but am not sure about the F430s.

I have the MR 05 ESB vader and the grips are like the buttons on My sky TV remote where the seal turns yelowy

 

[JSConnolly]

I purchased my Master Replicas Lightsaber back in 2005 and the black plastic parts were so greasy and sticky I thought it was not salvageable. It was really awful, I used the above method and the results are amazing.

thank you to everyone who has been contributing to this thread.

You are MOST Welcome! Glad it went well and I was able to help!

That's what I LOVE about Communities like ours... People learning new tips and tricks for things and instead of "Hording" them like I've encountered in various "Modeling" groups I've belonged to, People actually SHARE their stuff with everyone!

To ME that's really what it's all about!

 

[Sluis Van Shipyards]

Usually here the only hoarding is of information and that is okay, with me, because they are getting their parts or whatever first. In most cases after they and all of their friends, , have theirs, they will share it with everyone else. There are still occasionally cases of "That SOB is sitting on the donor gun and won't tell anyone because they want to have the only one!", but rarely.

 

[Force Collector]

Found this forum and thread a bit late (found retrospectively on Google)! I recently discovered the same issue on the grips of both my MR Vader and Anakin savers. I used Autoglym plastic and rubber cleaner/restorer applied with a lint free cloth to clean them, finished with a microfibre cloth to polish up. Whilst it took a bit of effort, both are now clean and as good as new. Am monitoring to see if they continue to break down, but so far so good.

 

[jkno]

Found this forum and thread a bit late (found retrospectively on Google)! I recently discovered the same issue on the grips of both my MR Vader and Anakin savers. I used Autoglym plastic and rubber cleaner/restorer applied with a lint free cloth to clean them, finished with a microfibre cloth to polish up. Whilst it took a bit of effort, both are now clean and as good as new. Am monitoring to see if they continue to break down, but so far so good.

As long as you removed the rubber coating completely, there will be no more sticky grip problems