MPC X Red side panels sticky?

It's the soft-touch rubberized coating breaking down. I think it's brought on by heat, humidity & sweat. I live in Florida.. any equipment I buy that has that coating goes sticky within a couple of years. The best solution I've found is either to put a skin on it if possible, or wait for it to get sticky and wipe the coating off with LOTS of alcohol wipes.. sometimes this leaves the plastic looking shiny and cheap, but no more stickiness.

I really wish manufacturers would stop using that stuff.

The bottom half of Polyend Tracker has that rubberized coating - I'm sure I'll be spending some time stripping that stuff off soon.

I Believe its put on there for added grip. My MPC One has non of that rubbery shit, and I swear I dropped mines a couple times Moving it around.

I know a Lot of you Guys are not old enough...But the same thing happened to all My Atari Joysticks! The Rubber Feet actually Melted away into a Gooey Substance. So It definitely had something to do wit Sweaty Palms

The rubberized coating on both the Live/Live II and the X side panels are made of volatile organic compounds, and they are notorious for breaking down and getting sticky. Doesn't matter if you store your machine in a climate/humidity controlled museum, use a Decksaver, or not - almost all of these will eventually go sticky. There is no way to avoid it, and nothing you can do aside from put a skin on it or remove the sticky coating with 99% isopropyl alcohol, and thick pile microfiber cloth, and tons of elbow grease. Once those VOC's give up the ghost, it's done.

B-Wise wrote:. Do anyone with the X SE having this issue? This a longshot question, since so few have it but you never know.

Mine is too new to tell. It took a while to happen to my Ren. I live on the top floor of a 3rd level apt building and it does get hot and humid here when you are not using AC but there are very few times where it is not on in the hot months. Winter months the heat can be a little much sometimes but not often. I really think it has to be that regardless. Over time it probably broke down from heat and humidity.

BDRAKE wrote:Over time it probably broke down from heat and humidity.

Swings in temp and humidity certainly can accelerate the process, but that VOC coating will break down regardless. Some just take longer than others.

BDRAKE wrote:

B-Wise wrote:. Do anyone with the X SE having this issue? This a longshot question, since so few have it but you never know.

Mine is too new to tell. It took a while to happen to my Ren. I live on the top floor of a 3rd level apt building and it does get hot and humid here when you are not using AC but there are very few times where it is not on in the hot months. Winter months the heat can be a little much sometimes but not often. I really think it has to be that regardless. Over time it probably broke down from heat and humidity.

NYC apts in the winter, it's either no heat or too much!
I would put some tape over it just to be safe. In the future I hope companies ban the that material. I never heard anyone say they like it.

I wonder if the SE had the same problem? The same issue is happening with elektron buttons on the new boxes and it is weird.. some never have a problem and some get sticky in a year or two. I'm not sure if it is the same material but for those people seem to think it is from bad batches because there are units that are fine that are getting pretty up there in age at this point.

Also I think plastics gas off in time and it might be a reaction to it not being able to breath under the decksaver and that might cause the stickiness. I take my decksaver off for a day or two every so often with my elektron device. I'm starting to really not like decksavers...

me too, seem like the paint used has degraded

I only read the op's post.

I had something similar to this happen to laptops. The material which was probably some combination of plastic, rubber, silicone would start to rub off and feel sticky and uncomfortable and grime would stick to it. Think it was lenovo or dell.

I would not attempt to repair it. I would simply remove the side panels and trace them on to some nice pieces of lumber about the same thickness and craft some wood side pieces yourself. jig saw sand paper a drill and proper size drill bits.

Whatever the product material akai used that is failing needs to have negative consumer reports put out so that they stop utilizing it in laptops and other such devices.

Sweaty Palms

Use Lotion when you do what you do behind closed doors lol. The Sweat will eat away at that smooth protective layer. Possibly for more Grip

40Beatz wrote:Sweaty Palms

Use Lotion when you do what you do behind closed doors lol. The Sweat will eat away at that smooth protective layer. Possibly for more Grip

Or put some clear tape over it. Companies really should stop using that nasty rubber crap. Maybe they brought in bulk & ain't gonna stop until they get their money shot, I mean money's worth.

Rubbers are susceptible to UV light and cleaning products. Novation kindly replaced all my rubber knob son my Bassstation 2, as they just fell apart. I found what seemed like super glue under them, something that some rubbers and plastics don't like (don't super glue zip ties for instance), I suspect the store sent me a Display model, and the Vietnamese love the 504 glue and may have used cleaning products on too. Also the UV is strong here (the keys have yellowed). Earlier this years all the rubber fell off the mod and pitch wheel. I've seen a few Bassstations with the same issue.

I have the Pearl Mallet station, which has two metal ends, that have a rubberized finish that has gone sticky, pretty crap when you see the cost of the malletstation, and considering the keys are silicon rubber instead.

I wish companies would use more silicon rubber now,

Neodymium wrote:Rubbers are susceptible to UV light and cleaning products. Novation kindly replaced all my rubber knob son my Bassstation 2, as they just fell apart. I found what seemed like super glue under them, something that some rubbers and plastics don't like (don't super glue zip ties for instance), I suspect the store sent me a Display model, and the Vietnamese love the 504 glue and may have used cleaning products on too. Also the UV is strong here (the keys have yellowed). Earlier this years all the rubber fell off the mod and pitch wheel. I've seen a few Bassstations with the same issue.

I have the Pearl Mallet station, which has two metal ends, that have a rubberized finish that has gone sticky, pretty crap when you see the cost of the malletstation, and considering the keys are silicon rubber instead.

I wish companies would use more silicon rubber now,

I almost burnt my balls off when some Krazy-glue dropped on my sweatpants. It started smoking & everything.

LOL, Nobody likes hot sticky balls.

I didn't know Krazy Glue was Cyanoacrylate, we don't really have it in the UK, at least I never saw it in my 40 years there. I always thought it was a cement type glue like UHU Glue. Watching the lego movie I thought maybe that or a plastic solvent type.

Actually the original use for Krazy Glue was for Quick Repairs for Lacerations/Surgical Wounds on the Battlefield in World War Something