{"id":30109,"date":"2018-01-10T06:49:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30109"},"modified":"2018-01-10T06:49:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T10:49:13","slug":"steves-sticky-radio-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/steves-sticky-radio-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve&#8217;s sticky radio solution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Goo-Gone.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-30110\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Goo-Gone.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"339\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Goo-Gone.jpeg 339w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Goo-Gone-276x300.jpeg 276w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 339px) 100vw, 339px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, Steve Z, who writes with another option to clean radios (like the Eton E1, Eton Satellite and others) with a rubberized coating that has become sticky with time:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I ran across this blog when I recently took out an Eton portable radio and found it to be a sticky, gunky mess. The radio is probably around 8-10 years old and it\u2019s been a few years since I used it. I didn\u2019t have any of the products mentioned here, but tried a few similar products I already had in my home with varied success:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Simple Green<\/em>: Did nothing. Don\u2019t bother.<\/li>\n<li><em>Goo Gone liquid<\/em>: Very limited results. Had to scrub a lot for minimal results. Not worth it.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2FlkFsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simple Green Grill Cleaner<\/a><\/em>: Worked well. Sprayed a portion of the radio, waited a minute and then cleaned with microfiber cloth. Had to use a little elbow grease, but results were good.<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/2CLxzhE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goo Gone Kitchen Cleaner<\/a> <\/em>(foaming degreaser): WINNER by far! Easily and quickly cleaned sticky gunk off radio. Sprayed portion and then easily wiped clean with microfiber cloth. No damage to writing or graphics on radio. Whole radio took about 30 minutes. It would have been faster, except there are a lot of dials and nooks and crannies to work around.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Steve!\u00a0 I&#8217;ll add this to <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/sticky-radios\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">our growing list of sticky radio remedies<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Steve Z, who writes with another option to clean radios (like the Eton E1, Eton Satellite and others) with a rubberized coating that has become sticky with time: I ran across this blog when I recently took out an Eton portable radio and found it to be a sticky, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[6747,2249,6748,2246],"class_list":["post-30109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-goo-gone-kitchen-degreaser","tag-how-to-clean-sticky-radios","tag-steve-z","tag-sticky-radios"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7PD","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5048,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/12\/mikes-solution-for-sticky-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":30109,"position":0},"title":"Mike&#8217;s solution for sticky radios","author":"Thomas","date":"December 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Many shortwave radios, such as those manufactured by Grundig\/Eton, have been produced with a rubberized coating that makes the radio easier to hold in the hand. I like this coating because it gives me a sure grip on the radio. However, over time (say, two to three years) the coating\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Radios&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Radios","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/radios\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/EtonFR400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":47524,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/getting-the-grundig-g6-out-of-a-sticky-situation\/","url_meta":{"origin":30109,"position":1},"title":"Getting the Grundig G6 out of a sticky situation","author":"Thomas","date":"January 29, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"This has been a busy week, but Wednesday evening I took a few minutes to finally remove the sticky residue on my Grundig G6. 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In short, is was another amazing Fest and so much fun. I hope to write more about it in the coming days, when I have a few moments to catch up and after I shake a nasty\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;How To&quot;","block_context":{"text":"How To","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/how-to\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eton-E1-Clean-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eton-E1-Clean-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eton-E1-Clean-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Eton-E1-Clean-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7613,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/10\/another-solution-for-sticky-radios\/","url_meta":{"origin":30109,"position":3},"title":"Purple Power: Another solution for sticky radios","author":"Thomas","date":"October 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Mike Nikolich (N9OVQ), who writes with another solution for sticky radios: After the display on my Eton E-1 receiver died, the good folks at Universal Radio swapped my broken but lightly used radio for a factory reconditioned unit. 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