Outside protective rubber type cover on binoculars has gone tacky and unpleasant suggestions please how to remove this covering

[ghostlymoron2]

When working with SIKA on a construction site we used MEK to remove it from hands, clothes etc. Don't know what the initials stand for but available from builder merchants.

 

[penberth3]

When working with SIKA on a construction site we used MEK to remove it from hands, clothes etc. Don't know what the initials stand for but available from builder merchants.

Using hazardous solvents on hands and clothes really isn't a good idea.

 

[Refueler]

When working with SIKA on a construction site we used MEK to remove it from hands, clothes etc. Don't know what the initials stand for but available from builder merchants.

MEK is definitely not good for hands / skin ...

Its also used as a plastic welding fluid by plastic model makers ... applied by brush over joints .... they even dissolve scraps of plastic in to make a paste.

Methyl Ethyl Ketone

 

[AntarcticPilot]

Using hazardous solvents on hands and clothes really isn't a good idea.

True, but I've survived 53 years since working in a laboratory where Acetone, Trichloroethylene and Toluene were routinely used as hand cleaning solvents! They remove coal tar really well. The H&S people would have had a field day in that place. And no, I wouldn't do that these days!

 

[Isolano]

True, but I've survived 53 years since working in a laboratory where Acetone, Trichloroethylene and Toluene were routinely used as hand cleaning solvents! They remove coal tar really well. The H&S people would have had a field day in that place. And no, I wouldn't do that these days!

The only real solution is clean with ammonia (working in areated area due to strong smell) only one or two passages and the surface refurbish like new.