It was a design of the plastic’s deterioration, planned or not. My ML500 was like this, too. All of the plastic surfaces were sticky, no matter how often you cleaned them.
As I search for a nice SLK 320 for the wife I’ve found that there was another major plastic “fail” at the time, too. The plastics on the SLK230 and SLK320 were not molded in the color of the interior, that is, there was a finish applied to a plastic part. The finishes wear off or break down over the years, and depending on the original color can look just horrible. And it’s not just the console, it’s the bolsters and glove compartment door, too. My upholstery guy say they refused to work on them because nothing they tried was permanent or would wear. He said the last job he did on one about five years ago was complete new replacement parts from MB, and he said it was really pricey. -D > On Sep 12, 2020, at 7:31 PM, Clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I always had the feeling the W220 needed to be driven with gloves due to the > tacky nature of the knobs and buttons. It felt as if the prior owner had > suckled on gummi fruits and drove with his ganky paws poking and twisting the > buttons and knobs. I never found evidence of candy, but would not have > thought it was the degradation of the material. Learn something new every > day. > > So the sticky was a design feature for extra digital traction/adhesion?? > > clay > > “I think it’s time we stopped our cringing embarrassment about our history, > about our traditions, and about our culture, and we stop this general bout of > self-recrimination and wetness.” > > B. Johnson > 01/09/2020 > >> On Sep 12, 2020, at 2:55 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> I have to defer to “Mr. Adhesives” here. As Don suggested, plastic epoxy >> with some reinforcement is probably the best approach. >> >> I’ve never used “Goo Gone” but I’ve heard many sing it’s praises. What >> you’re experiencing is the plastic breaking down as it does in all early >> 2000s Mercedes. Worst are the steering wheel buttons for the telematics. >> Problem with those is that the legends are painted on them, so if you go at >> them really hard you end up with white buttons and no legends/icons. >> >> -D >> >>> On Sep 12, 2020, at 6:19 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes >>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> The seat bottom trim pieces on the ML500 are all sticky. I went at some >>> with some turpentine and that seemed to get most of the sticky layer off. >>> Might need To do a coupla goes. >>> >>> One of the pieces is cracked in a couple places. I’m wondering how best to >>> fix it. Dan you used some sort of plastic welding thing on the bumper cover >>> — what was that and how would it work on trim? >>> >>> --R >>> Sent from iPhone >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
