SamS wrote: > Hi all, > > My Boom has served me well for many years. I decided to give it a good > cleaning the other day, and the solution I used had a small amount of > bleach. Well, it was just enough to interact with the button panel/knob > on the front, and turn it permanently sticky! > > I'm not too upset, as I'm preferring to use an Echo Dot + Denon HEOS 1 > in the Boom's place. But what to do with the Boom? Sell it for parts? > The display still works, although it's showing signs of age/dimming. I > have full box and accessories. Do we have a place or rule about selling > things here? Or is eBay better? Suggested price, considering the > condition?
I just picked up a Squeezebox Boom for $50. It had typical use(scratches on the Piano black surfaces), sticky front panel and knob, and a dim display panel. I adjusted the display to the max of "5" and at least I can now read the display panel but I'm not sure if this accelerates the demise of the dim display problems. I found an amazing plastic scratch remover. If the scratches are minor, using E-Z-R (with BF Goodrich Carbopol) called Scratch Away HD formula is simply amazing. Here are some other tips about removing more difficult scratches. The next step up with deeper scratches, I suggest the Mequiar's Scratch X 2.0. It will take deeper scratches away but you still need to follow-up using the E-Z-R Scratch away to get the final "Glass" like finish. If the scratches are even deeper, use Happich Simichrome Polish. Its great for metals, but I have found it works wonders with plastics too. Again this is higher in pumice or the abrasive material that makes if effective, but you then next have to use the Meguiar's and then the E-Z-R Scratch away to finish off. Your end results are truly amazing! I've done a web search about these newer black, rubberized surfaces. Their use in product be produced (mainly China) are everywhere. The same sticky and tacky surface can really destroy wanting to use a product that has this situation. The Talc powder does work to some degree. I also found users suggesting that applying Baby Oil works too but have been told both are just temporary. I applied the Baby Oil to the front panel using a paper towel and basically tried to keep rubbing it into the surface and then touching the surface occasionally to see if it was working. It did make the surface more pleasing to the touch without the dulling effect that Talc powder does. I hope these tricks will help others! Regards, John ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jrscpu2004's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=68991 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=107531 _______________________________________________ Boom mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/boom
