Post 21:To clean the rubber use 70% alcohol from the drug store and wipe it down with an Armor All wipe. Amor All is formulated to protect vinyls and leather from brutal sunlight in cars so it should be good enough for your binoc.
Glycerin is the number one treatment for rubber. ArmorAll and products like that make thing look ok for a little while, but they tend to exacerbate the deterioration
Sorry to hear! In some cases it is good silicon treatment. Do not rush to act on the entire surface of the rubber. You can try it on a small area to see what effect it has.Hi, My Habicht has sticky rubber after years of not using it and just storing it in the pouch. What happened to the rubbers? How do you fix it? When it happened to a bino before. I just put plastic tape over the rubber. Is this the only solution? Thanks!
Sorry to hear! In some cases it is good silicon treatment. Do not rush to act on the entire surface of the rubber. You can try it on a small area to see what effect it has.
But you have a old Habicht with Roof prisms or new armored Habicht with Porro prisms? Can you show as some pictures with your binoculars model?
I'm confused - the only rubber on that model are the eyecups. Is it the leatherette that's sticky?
Take it off, use is as a pattern to make a new covering with stuff like this.Yes. It's the leatherette that is sticky. When I wiped it with cloth. The black stuff went to the cloth. When I touched it with my fingers, the black stuff got to my fingers. What caused the stickiness to form? If I removed the entire leatherette. What does the metal look like?
many swarovki have this problem in an alarming percentage
Poll - Trying to get some numbers on Swarovski rubber armour issues.
There are a few threads going on about the problems with Swarovski's biodegradable armour. I just wanted to know how many are actually having problems with it. Please post a photo of your binoculars if they are splitting/peeling /cracking, particularly the NL owners because so far I have only...www.birdforum.net
I think I would Swarovski ask to do it...In the picture, you can notice the leatherette stickiness in the black photo shade which can transfer to your fingers or cloth. Almost the entire surface of it is sticky. Can I just use a swiss knife scissors to cut the leatherette and remove it. Is the leatherette glued to the main body or not? Can someone share a photo of a bare body without the leatherette?
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