Hello,
The brown plastic handrests on the Nikon Optiphot-2 have often degraded into a sticky mess over the years.
I saw a post recently by someone who restored the handrests by removing the sticky surface layer. I just can't find that post any more. Does anyone here remember it?
I'm asking for a friend
Kind regards,
Jon
Restoring plastic handrests, Nikon Optiphot-2 ?
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This tendency for some plastics to degrade and become sticky was my nightmare for several months last year.
I had a few microscopes with this problem, as well as other electronic gadgets that became unusable beacuse of the tactile degredation.
I tried everything, isopropyl, etc., and while isopropyl and a toothbrush does eventually get the surfaces clean, the absolute magic bullet for these materials is a baking soda and water mix with either paper towels or a toothbrush.
If you dissolve a few tablespoons of baking soda in a small dish with water and dip a toothbrush in the solution and then start cleaning the surface of the plastic, the sticky surface material beads and forms clumps that can then be rinsed or wiped off with clear water.
Absolutely the fastest way to get this stuff clean and has helped me get new life out of older gadgets.
I had a few microscopes with this problem, as well as other electronic gadgets that became unusable beacuse of the tactile degredation.
I tried everything, isopropyl, etc., and while isopropyl and a toothbrush does eventually get the surfaces clean, the absolute magic bullet for these materials is a baking soda and water mix with either paper towels or a toothbrush.
If you dissolve a few tablespoons of baking soda in a small dish with water and dip a toothbrush in the solution and then start cleaning the surface of the plastic, the sticky surface material beads and forms clumps that can then be rinsed or wiped off with clear water.
Absolutely the fastest way to get this stuff clean and has helped me get new life out of older gadgets.
Custom Nikon/Thorlabs Microscope Nikon Z7ii ZCAM E4
Hello everyone,
Thank you very much for the suggestions and the offers of help.
I couldn't find that forum post and it was really bugging me. It must have been the baking soda I was thinking of: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=34918
Thanks for the clue, Aidan! Now we have two pleople who used it successfully - hopefully it will work for us as well.
Kind regards,
Jon
Thank you very much for the suggestions and the offers of help.
I couldn't find that forum post and it was really bugging me. It must have been the baking soda I was thinking of: http://www.photomacrography.net/forum/v ... hp?t=34918
Thanks for the clue, Aidan! Now we have two pleople who used it successfully - hopefully it will work for us as well.
Kind regards,
Jon