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Rant: The 3rd floor call button at the Regency Hotel was stuck on for a solid week
Turns out a kid had shoved a wad of gum into the switch housing, which I only found after pulling the entire assembly. Anyone have a good gum removal trick that doesn't wreck the contacts?
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jessicab335mo ago
Careful with that trick, the liquid propellant can actually damage plastic parts. A little rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab works better for gum.
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brookepark5mo ago
That Regency Hotel is a nice place, too. A whole week with that button stuck sounds like a nightmare for the staff. Gum in electronics is the worst kind of sabotage. Try freezing it with a can of air duster turned upside down, the gum should chip right off without hurting the wiring.
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terrymitchell4mo ago
Yeah, the alcohol trick is the way to go. I had a gum disaster on a keyboard once and tried the freeze spray first. It just made the gum into a weird, hard rock that was even harder to get out of the key mechanism. A little bit of isopropyl on a q-tip softened it right up and it wiped off clean. Didn't hurt the plastic at all.
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