Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Tacky 512TR interior

[Paul Bennett (pbennett]

Out of  curiosity - 

What is / where is this 'sticky stuff' ??

??Paint on a replacement??


>My own common belief, given that the interior of my 355 is well along the 
>sticky/melting path (developed this year and progressing fast) is that the 
>deterioration is more due to heat and humidity than any chemicals. My parts 
>have never seen any cleaning chemical (aside from incidental contact with 
>Leatherique on the very edges) and my garage is air conditioned and they are 
>still quite bad. Park the car in the Charleston sun a few times and 
>everything turns to goo. I think that's why garage queens and Northern cars 
>are less affected - less time in the sun, rather than less exposure to 
>chemicals.

>> detailed instructions (with pictures) on how to strip the rubberized
>> material, and then paint on a replacement.  It's all too common, and
>> emblematic of poor quality of the era (along with shrinking dash leather,
>> airbag covers, etc.).
>>
>> Aside from this type of fairly dramatic repair, I don't know of any other
>> "fix" for the problem.  Alternatively, you can just strip off the 
>> rubberized material and return it as just bare plastic.