Many Ferrari’s along with other manufacturers suffer with the horrible black sticky goo interior rubberised coating after a few years. In the video I will show you how to save thousands and FIX it yourself.
Ferrari are not the only Supercar Manufacturer to use this rubberized coating: Lamborghini Porsche BMW, Alfa Romeo Maserati Mercedes and MANY others all use the same finish. This video applies to them all as its the same process.
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You need a better mike – you are very hard to hear. Unfortunate because I am sure that the information which you were providing was very useful.
Just try wd40 contact cleaner direct on the button the button starts working fine
Oven Cleaner is another option to remove all that sticky mess
good result. but just to add, using paint thinner on plastic surface is a bit risky. Thinner melts the plastic, you may not notice right away but plastic becomes very brittle and can easily break(depending on how think the panel is and how old)
Well done Sir.
Just adding my tuppence worth, when you stripped it back, could you have put any other coating (such as spray paint) rather than the rubber? Itβs just a thought, I appreciate the video despite not being one to work on cars.
What kind of chip do you use to diagnose the Ferrari 360 spider with the iPhone?
Great video Scott – a plastic primer before the finishing coat would have brought it out even better; Still looks good mind. Thanks for sharing your videos,
Much <3
Bobby π
Many thanks for this. I need to sort the switches etc my F355.
The way I fixed sticky buttons on my Maserati Gransport was just taking a microfibre cloth and rubbing the affected part gently but firmly till all the sticky stuff was rubbed off. I was left with perfect plastic parts π you'll find that the plastic under the coating is sound, it's just the top rubber coating that is sticky
Time consuming though
Thanks for your video. Could you tell me how durable is it? …does it scratch easily or start coming off? thanks
Useful to know and excellent results.
A couple of problems are the acoustics and lighting in your conservatory are poor and also waving the switches around in front of the camera is annoying. Please try to hold the item still and in better lighting or do separate shots right with items on a bench if possible.
It has little to do with hot climates, the material is unstable. The stuff degenerates on objects even kept in cool cupboards.
What a coincidence. Picked up an umbrella I haven't used in 3 years ( and bought 11 years ago ) and its rubberised handle has degraded to a sticky mess. I'll try thinners on it and see what happens !
If you are using a metal scraper, take a minute to round off the blade corners to avoid scratches. Or use the polycarbonate single edge "razor" blades, made to be used instead of metal blades. They don't scratch.
Since the 90's when a lot of companies started using offshore cheap sources, a lot of "rubber" and plastic parts have been going gummy and failing because of improper mixing & curing, or plain bad materials. Car trim, plastic headsets, rubber LP turntable mats, all sorts of stuff turns to crap. Ferrari, like most companies, probably has no idea what their vendors are really supplying. In the US we've even had dashboards melting, in cars from several companies that never used to have these problems.
Question for Mr Ratarossa Sir: after stripping with thinner, is the new paint more durable? Or will suffer the same issues over time?
Does the plastic dip spray have the same feel more or less as the original? Thanks.