sticky rubber on palm door on EOS 1-N

I have an EOS 1-N. The rubber grip on the palm door, which is the flip open door that

hides the motor drive button options, etc., has gotten sticky to the point where it sticks to

my hand and fingers; when touched it sticks to whatever and lifts up with it. I live in

Hawaii where apparently this is one of the only places where it happens with our humidity

plusperspiration from our hands.

My question: has anyone ever encountered this and what are the solutions short of taking

it to Canon for repair; this is a large repair as the top of the camera has to be removed to

take off the door; they told me this! I have scraped the sticky rubber with fingernail and

white stuff comes off and seem to help to take some of the stickiness! Your feed-back

appreciated. thank you.

I too live in Hawaii but haven't had any problems with my old 1N or 3. However, my

A2 suffered from sticky grip. I removed the grip and used alcohol and a lot of rubbing

to remove the sticky goo. So it's now a plain plastic grip. Not too pretty but works

fine.

there's a cool product called goo-gone I've used on similarly sticky situations. Put it on a white clean cloth and wipe the stickiness away.

The goo is a result of the chemical breakdown of the grip finish. The rubber-like coating

turns to goo and is a bitch to remove without damaging the underlying plastic grip or door.

thanks for the feedback: I've been scratching the sticky stuff off with fingernails and using

Armor All on the sticky rubber. Hoping the AA doesn't damage metal or get-on glass

areas.

DON'T USE ARMOR ALL ON CAMERAS! It can damage the plastic. Armor All is evil stuff.

 

I would advise against using it on your car, as well.

"...Armor All is evil stuff..."

please explain why it is evil.

It migrates easily, and if you ever stop using it the plastic cracks and degrades.

 

It is horrible stuff - I'd only suggest its use to a mortal enemy. Thankfully, I have no mortal

enemies.