Rubber will deteriorate in time - and the later Nikon models are notorious for this.
Reading all these posts today, and owning a sticky F70, here is my advice:
STEP 1
>90% alcohol will remove the sticky rubber - if rubbed away with a lint-free cloth. Do this for a thin layer once a day and let the alcohol evaporate before repeating. If after 5 goes at this it is still sticky, then move to step 2 below:
STEP 2
Nikon F70s had only a thin rubber layer on top of a polycarbonate camera body. If the rubber has deteriorated to full thickness then it will come off the plastic as a sticky, tarry mess. that will never improve however many layers you polish away. The only solution then is to either
[1] rub talcum powder into it to reduce the stickiness as a temporary fix - but it always returns worse than before with a black “porridge” on your fingers!
[2] carry on a rub it all off (with ear buds, tooth brushes etc to get the remaining rubber off around buttons etc, This leaves a shiny plastic camera that is slippy to the hands. Consider adding a strip of tape, or leather or rubber to the hand grip area to restore finger friction and prevent drops.
Best of luck to you all - PaulC
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sticky as in when you touch the camera, or sticky as in the components of the camera are getting stuck?
par pollytintop
will this work on the gopro 1 body?
par drcbetr
Will this work on fujifilm finepix HS50 EXR????
par Kanishka Rao
If company's now know about this why do they still use the process of coating hardware products with it. Cameras such as Canon and Nikon make expensive high end products and to have this coating breaking down either the camera or the lense ruins the product. As an e.g. I have a mobile phone from 1993 and the keypad on that too has finaly gone sticky. I can't clean it as the numbers are transfers put directly on to the coating which will ruin the keypad if cleaned. Concidering the age I'm supprised it had not broke down before now. Most modern products do farley quickly.
par thgun
Have you handled the camera after using DEET bug spray? This is a known culprit for "melting" the material on some plastic-based camera bodies. Ask me how I figured it out: On assignment photographing bird tagging in the woods and spray myself with DEET first. I posted this on the internet as much as possible as a warning for other photographers.
par Peggy Stevinson Bair
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