Thread 106300911

WORST MEME MATERIAL OF THE CENTURY

mmmh
touch it

Aren't Stinkpads also coated in that shit?

*blocks your path*

preaching to the choir, nigga.
what the fuck is the point of this thread, besides pointing out the obvious
this ain't your diary

Rubber in general is just a very Jewish material. The rubber belts in old AV equipment are also a nightmare and disintegrate into black goo that fouls everything up.

Yeah. Shit sucks. Though I've never seen anything like this >>106300953

Isopropyl alcohol will usually take that shit right off. But it will expose the bare plastic, making it look like some cheap knockoff item. It can also damage the finish of the plastic. But if it's not a museum piece, you'll be able to handle it again without being grossed out.

Another alternative is to dust it with cornstarch:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvCoAmmKIoE
Though being a food item, I wonder if that might attract bugs. Commenter on the video said they tried baby powder but it didn't fully remedy the stickiness.

>>106301612
wtf is that image

>>106300911 (OP)
>>106300935
>>106300953
planned obsolescence materials

>>106304074
Pretty much

>>106304074
stop being antisemitic anon

>>106300911 (OP)
I'd rather deal with that than with membrane switches even when they're still working.

>>106300911 (OP)
this shit should be illegal now that it's clear how badly it degrades

>>106301612
>Another alternative is to dust it with cornstarch
>Though being a food item, I wonder if that might attract bugs.
Yes, that does really work but only if it's not fully degraded. You're supposed to wipe practically all of the starch away, there's so little of it I doubt any insects will be attracted to it.

this is a selling point for normies btw
>omg soft touch its premium!!

>>106306174
And after a couple years it's
>OMG EWW!!! STICKY! I need new thing!!
Funny how that works so incredibly well

>>106300911 (OP)
"Rubberized" items are the fucking worst.

Take it apart
Soak it in 80%+ rubbing alcohol for a while
Scrape that shit off

Fuck glossy plastic that scratches if you so much as look at it

>>106307178
Your glossy plastic just got upgraded rustic plastic

DARWIN AWARD

>>106300911 (OP)
85% ISO, a rag and violent intent will clean that shit off real quick

>>106300965
yes but it's not usually that sticky, at least on lenovo thinkpads
it scratches easily though

>>106307178
Just throw some polish on it and stop using an abrasive or dirty rag to wipe it down

>>106300953
>>106300935
this is UV damage. Imagine going outside without sun block and letting that same shit fuck up your skin (just ask your local zoomer lol

Leave it in gasoline overnight and scrub the rest of after.

>>106307178
another thing that gives normans the ick and finally gets them to ditch their car and buy new

MUH STAINLESS STEEL

>>106307326
Stay seething Anglo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QOREbJ4D70

>>106307353
scratched metal is cool

>>106307353
kino

>>106307594
>>106307610
No its not macfaggots

>>106307620
If I was a macfaggot I'd hate any blemishes on my faggy device. again, scratches in metal are cool. scratched sticky rubber? not so much.

>>106307305
Nah that looks like heavy amphetamine/presciption drug use and makeup use.
Big pharma doesn't want you to know this though, they make both.

>>106307353
ok wtf is that (3d printed?) button on the back?

>>106307353
>muh patina

>>106307305
that's just white women bro

>>106307594
there is something called 'brushed metal', BEST meme material of the century
another good material is matte rough plastic, unless its ABS. my keyboard looks like a fucking mirror, it used to be rough like the side of the key.

>>106307920
i cri evertiem

>>106307978
>>106307920
meanwhile my 30 year old IBM model M looks like brand new thanks to PVC, back in the 90s it was considered one of the cheapest keyboards they could make, nowdays this is considered ""one of the highest quality keyboards ever made""
just think about this for a second and figure out what's wrong.
>>106300965
weirdly enough, 10 year old chinesium rubber is decaying right now, while all of my thinkpads (even my ancient T40) are in perfect shape, just a few scratches on top
if you want to keep your rubber nice and looking/feeling like new, you can rub nivea skin cream onto it, and polish off the residues with a paper towel using minimal pressure, leaving just a little bit there. don't rub it, don't remove too much, just massage it in slightly.
if its too dirty you can use isopropyl alcohol (this will slowly soften/dissolve your rubber, so don't leave it on too long and don't apply too much pressure!) and clean it with that first.
make sure it dries fully before applying cream.

>>106308055
>back in the 90s it was considered one of the cheapest keyboards they could make,
Literally no one said that in the 90s about the mechanical IBM keyboards. Are you insane?

>>106308055
anon, flimsy ass wobbly rubberdome keyboards made in china existed also in the 1990s. people bought model ms if they wanted quality that would last, especially in work environments.

>>106308244
yes, we said that because it literally has fucking plastic rivets instead of real screws, and 1 drop of water will kill it. you have to take the entire thing apart and clean everything, then drill holes through it and painstakingly bolt mod it to get rid of the water damage.
also, its a membrane keyboard, unlike the model F (which was actually a good keyboard even by the standards back then)
>>106308261
those were unacceptable even for secretary slaves

>>106301426
devulcanization

that shit is like tar, if you see a melted belt you have to VERY CAREFULLY scoop it up and DO NOT RUB IT. ive had a few lucky runs where i saw melted belt pieces and used a needlose pliers and tooth pick to carefully lift it off

>>106300911 (OP)
Porsche uses this on a ton of buttons and they're all sticky shit by the time they fall into the hands of poorfags
Pour a mixture of olive oil, baking soda, and dish soap on it, let it sit for an hour or so, and then it should just scrape off
Learned that here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQTc7WwWzL0&t=201

>>106301200
>>106300953
real leather doesn't have this problem.
>>106308437
porsche makes chinesium garbage, don't buy that crap.

>>106308445
The Chinesium replacement trim I've bought on AliExpress is better than the shit the Germans put in there
Porsche will sell you an upgraded head unit for $1300 that only has wired CarPlay and no Android Auto
Chinks will sell you an Android 15 head unit that fits the theme of the car with wireless CarPlay and Android Auto for $175
Considering how Porsche acts, I wonder if the Holocaust even happened

>>106308495
>no android auto
what the fuck is android auto and why would i want this proprietary garbage in my car?
>>106308759
this fucking happened to my mousepad, holy fuck i hate rubber so much its unreal

>>106308445
>real leather doesn't have this problem.
no one said it did. but most "leather" products on the market are shitty bonded leather garbage.

>>106300925
no, i will not

>wanted to play some flight sims
>dug out me old flight stick from the 00s
>it was coated in that rubber shit that becomes toxic glue over time

>>106307305
why does she look 35?

>>106311890
UV/sunlight exposure ages the shit out of your skin

>>106311890
i'm 35 and my skin isn't that bad, i would have assumed 40's

>>106311890
she goes outside sometimes, what a retard

Posting in a sticky

>>106307305
My synths never see sunlight so you're obviously retarded or a lying cunt

>>106307658
if its like mine its to turn a bt transmitter on or off

>>106308282
I've spilled a little bit of coffee here and there in my Unicomp and I've been daily driving it since 2014. Yes, it's made slightly cheaper than a Model F, they streamlined the design a bit. Really the only thing that's cheap about it is the rivets, and they last 15 to 25 years. Alps keyboards are actually worse when anything gets in them, they start binding feeling scratchy, and the only solution is to take them apart, take apart each switch, clean each switch and lube them.
>t. spilled redbull in my Dell AT101

>>106308055
>meanwhile my 30 year old IBM model M looks like brand new thanks to PVC, back in the 90s it was considered one of the cheapest keyboards they could make, nowdays this is considered ""one of the highest quality keyboards ever made""
None of this is true
The material used is PBT
It was not cheap at all and later model Ms were awful standard rubber domes
It's also not the best of all time

Why do the soft plastics become gluey sticky? Where does the glue emerges from?

>>106308759
wtf

>>106314511
>It was not cheap at all and later model Ms were awful standard rubber domes
Not really, what you're talking about is the Quiet Touch Model M. Lexmark was still making proper Model M's when the Quiet Touch was manufactured, and even after IBM started making the Model M2.

>>106314952
it's a rubber paint and the sticky stuff is the plasticiser used to make it liquid and more easily sprayable. over time the stuff separates from the rubber substate it's bound to and the object becomes sticky.

>>106307620
Not a macfag, but the macfags have this one.
Then again, they probably start thinking it becomes uncool, as soon as it has scratches.
Oh well, can't buy what money can't buy.

>>106314952
It just decomposes

tape off the buttons and stuff and spray on a layer of lacquer.