F bodies and tacky grips?

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Having dug out the F65 and F80 to use for the 36 exposure challenge, I discovered that both of them have tacky rubber bits. Is there a (VERY) cheap cure or is it a case of having to replace the rubbers? I got over the problem for the shoot I had planned by sticking a bit of kitchen tissue to the tacky bits but that's not an ideal or permanent fix!
 
My eos5 had the same issue and, IIRC, I used little bits ofthat antibacterial gel stuff, requires no water... they have industrial sized tubs at the entrances to hospital wards, ya know the stuff I mean?
20 minutes with a bit of that and a few cottom buds cleaned mine up a treat.
 
I've successfully cleaned a couple of older canons using meths. Worth a go?
 
There's no good solution to the problem.
Best option I've come across is using talcum powder and then wiping as much off as possible.

Otherwise it's removing the rubber completely, and maybe replacing if possible.
 
Well I used silicon dashboard shine (got it from Tesco)...sprayed it on the back of my F90x and polished it and so far it has cured the stickiness. Also use this stuff for cleaning my cameras bodies (not lenses).
 
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excalibur2 said:
Well I used silicon dashboard shine (got it from Tesco)...sprayed it on the back of my F90x and polished it and so far it has cured the stickiness. Also use this stuff for cleaning my cameras bodies (not lenses).
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It can work. It can also make the rubber crack.
Armourall or something similar.
It can also make the rubber slippy, so make sure you use a strap.

Once the rubber goes it's a constant battle to keep on top of it.
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. I've got an assortment of the solutions (and solvents!) suggested above and I'm sure Mrs Nod has some talc somewhere. I'll treat the F65 first then, if it's a success, I'll do the F80.
 
I'm not aware of any permanent solution. My F100 is so far ok, fingers crossed, but I used to have an F90x which was sticky and rubbing alcohol seemed to imorove it. Of course you can buy an F80 for about £30 and an F65 for about £20, which does affect hiw much effort they are worth, though of course the probkem will affect all of them eventually so would be good to find a solution.
 
Asha said:
Bin 'em and buy a Canon :exit:


Sorry couldn't resist :sorry: :D:D
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TBH, I probably will! Well, not bin but dispose of them and put any proceeds (minimal at a guess!) towards other things but almost certainly not Canon.
 
Talc worked about 95% on my F100, left a little bit on the back that you could just about discern tacky and it just wouldn't improve. Supposedly amonia based Window cleaners work, but they work by basically eating away the rubber till you get back to a harder layer.
 
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