[rescue] RE: Disintegrating Type 5 Sun keyboard feet?

[Dave McGuire]

On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 04:50 PM, <ghub005 at xtra.co.nz> wrote:
> <<
> I've now got three Type 5 or 5c keyboards here whose
> rubber "feet" are disintegrating, leaving sticky gray goo
> on desktops and such.  It's annoying and I'd like to stop
> it from getting any worse.
>
> The best fix I've found for affected keyboards is to stick
> a cut-to-fit piece of post-it note over the former feet...anyone
> have a better fix (like a good method of replacing the
> silly little things)?
>
> And what the heck is causing the breakdown?  (what
> substance should I keep away from the unaffected
> keyboards?)
>>>
>
> I have had this exact same problem with the rubber(?) feet on an 
> SS10's external audio module. I didn't realise that it wasn't just a 
> one-off experience.
>
> I would also be interested to know if there was a cause/cure for this 
> problem. That goo is unsightly, annoying, and a real PITA to clean up.

   I believe this is the rubber depolymerizing due to age.  I'm not sure 
if there's anything that can be done about that.

      -Dave

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