Freelander 1 Rotary heater control actuation interface devices going milky can anyone help?

Avocet1 · Jul 20, 2019

Tried to clean the heater control knobs with some matt finish dashboard wipes, and they've ended up going all milky. Is there anything that can be done for them?

Flossie · Jul 20, 2019

@Mackers

He's quite good at those sort of things.

Mackers · Jul 20, 2019

Clear nail varnish for milky switches. Black bumper black or black cherry shoe dye.

Hippo · Jul 20, 2019

Washing up liquid. The switches pull oft.

Can yer edit the title to switches.

guineafowl21 · Jul 20, 2019

Try playing a heat gun over them.

Dippypud · Jul 20, 2019

guineafowl21 said:
Try playing a heat gun over them.

Take 'em off first ...

DanClarke · Jul 20, 2019

Its clearly because of Brexit. Write to your MP. Ask them to thwart the will of people because since the referendum result your knob's gone the wrong colour.

Dippypud · Jul 20, 2019

DanClarke said:
Its clearly because of Brexit. Write to your MP. Ask them to thwart the will of people because since the referendum result your knob's gone the wrong colour.

They may write back and ask if you have removed the cock ring first though ...

Avocet1 · Jul 20, 2019

Hippo said:
Washing up liquid. The switches pull oft.

Can yer edit the title to switches.

Awwwwww.... how chaste....! OK done. Can't call them switches, 'cause they ain't though!

Avocet1 · Jul 20, 2019

DanClarke said:
Its clearly because of Brexit. Write to your MP. Ask them to thwart the will of people because since the referendum result your knob's gone the wrong colour.

What goes on in the Brexit forum should stay in the Brexit forum. Anyway, I'd have thought the whiter the better for you guys? (But since you ask, no need to write to any MPs, I'm leaving it to Old Father Time to get rid of the Brexiteers....)

Madmustang · Jul 20, 2019

Take them off by pulling on them really hard, then with some fine wet and dry rub the smeg off with plenty of elbow grease

Avocet1 · Jul 20, 2019

OK, washing up liquid sounds like the least aggressive of the suggestions so far. I'll give that a go first. Thanks!

Mackers · Jul 20, 2019

Avocet1 said:
OK, washing up liquid sounds like the least aggressive of the suggestions so far. I'll give that a go first. Thanks!

Knobs go back to cloudy after fairy liquid. Spit and polish is the only way!

Hippo · Jul 20, 2019

It's a known problem. Washing the rotary heater controls with fairy liquid is the fix. They have a strange rubber type coating on them so anything abrasive or chemically strong will cause them damage.

dog-man · Jul 20, 2019

I used washing liquid on mine and the improvement was very short lived.

Hippo · Jul 20, 2019

Fairy liquid will clean them. They get sticky if yer got mucky fingers. It won't undo a damaged surface. The other option is buying all purpose car cleaner or something yer would use on the dash. It will only do what fairy can.

Madmustang · Jul 20, 2019

I used fine wet and dry not a sander!

saxavordian · Jul 20, 2019

Madmustang said:
Take them off by pulling on them really hard, then with some fine wet and dry rub the smeg off with plenty of elbow grease

Disgusting

Madmustang · Jul 20, 2019

saxavordian said:
Disgusting

Pure filth I know

Dippypud · Jul 20, 2019

Hippo said:
It's a known problem. Washing the rotary heater controls with fairy liquid is the fix. They have a strange rubber type coating on them so anything abrasive or chemically strong will cause them damage.

And sticky ... oo err Matron ....

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