On 11/6/2021 1:10 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Heptane (sold under the name "Bestine") works wel and won't affect plastics. Bestine is mostly known to stamp collector s who use it to remove adhesive from stamps without damaging them. Bestine is also useful for removing really stubborn deposits from tape and disk heads. You can expect that eventually, the jacket on the cord will begin cracking as the loss of plasticizer progresses. A somewhat more pragmatic approach, short of replacement, is to encase the the cord in split wire loom. Looks a little clumsy, but will keep the sticky stuff from fouling anything else.
Yeah I figured cleaning of one sort or another would only delay the inevitable. I can open it up and look at the cord attachment but thought I'd see if anyone knew or had anything showing it before I went to that trouble. My other thought was I have various cable wrap that I could encase it in as a quick easy way to deal with it.
Thanks. David Williams www.trailingedge.com
