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Your gadgets aren’t melting. They’re just… aging weirdly. Plastic gets sticky,…

Your gadgets aren’t melting. They’re just… aging weirdly. Plastic gets sticky, but you don’t have to be stuck with it. Learn how to clean up your devices and make them usable again at the link below.

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Ask iFixit: How Do I Fix Sticky Plastics?

You’ve probably had old soft-touch plastics go sticky. But why does it happen? And what can you do to fix it?

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@iFixit I absolutely hate decomposing plastic or adhesive residues.

Nothing makes you appreciate metal enclosures like seeing what 10 years of UV degradation does to plastic.

@iFixit regular petrol also works, but it smells for a while.