I think it is but that's just my opinion. Naphtha seems to cut wax way better and evaporates completely. I use it to clean up bees wax after rendering, removing adhesive labels from jars, and removing electrical tape residue. When I rebedded a deck fitting the naphtha cut the butyl nicely. Recently I had a Nikon pocket camera that had a rubberized finish. The camera had been stored for a while and the rubberized surface broke down to a gooey mess. I used a rag and naphtha to clean it up. YMMV
Josh Jul 15, 2022 18:46:34 CHARLES SCHEAFFER <cscheaf...@comcast.net>: > Mineral spirits has been my "go-to" for vinyl and plastics. Is Naptha > thinner better? > > Chuck S > On 07/15/2022 4:25 PM Josh via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > > I've had all manner of rubberized electronics do this. I have had pretty > good luck using Naphtha thinner to clean up the goo. It leaves a raw plastic > finish with no residue. Might take some elbow grease but saving a $100 or > $200 dollar radio seems worth it. > > Josh Muckley > S/V Sea Hawk > 1989 C&C 37+ > Solomons, MD > > Jul 14, 2022 16:02:43 Bill Coleman via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com>: > > I am afraid I'm going to have to ditch my standard horizon 850 handheld. It > has gotten so gooey, I can't stand to touch it, not to mention any place I > leave it, it leaves gooey stuff. I blame the company for outsourcing to > China. I wonder if anybody has a handheld that they feel the rubber is of a > decent quality that it won't go to hell in a hand basket in a few years? I'm > kind of looking for a mid-grade, maybe like an Icon m73 plus? I like the idea > of being able to repeat the last minute of audio, as I have gotten so > accustomed to backing up on my TV when I can't hear something clearly. > > Bill Coleman > Entrada Erie PA >
