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Cleaning? How Do You Do?
Dravenae:
--- Quote from: wiggy on August 03, 2013, 02:55:51 PM ---I just wonder why you want that effect. It was a legitimate question. I wasn't trying to give you a hard time.
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Fair enough. I apologize for my brashness in that case. Through the ambiguity of text, I guess I picked up your question wrong, or felt as though I didn't have to justify my decision. It came across as a redundant, argumentative question. I sincerely apologize if that wasn't the case.
I want that effect because its aesthetically pleasing to my eye. It brings the consoles/controllers back to life, and makes them look new. I also don't appreciate the matte look the consoles/controllers have once they have been dried after being cleaned.
I just want to say that I don't do this to any consoles/controllers that aren't a darker colour, or consoles/controllers that are transparent, because unlike the darker consoles/controllers, it adds nothing to them.
Just out of interest Wiggy, not to be argumentative or smart, but have you tried doing it? You might like the result. :)
To iterate, I wouldn't suggest doing this to a console/controller that is either transparent or light in colour, it genuinely add's nothing to the finish, bar a slight sheen.
wiggy:
Fair enough.
No, I haven't, but I don't really have any desire to put something that's oil-based on my systems/controllers and then leave it there. It's not that I'm worried that it'll damage the plastic parts so much as it would just irk me to know that the parts are "greasy", for lack of a better term. It reminds me of dashboard conditioner or tire shine (neither of which I like). I just really don't like things to have a sheen on them like that, especially if that's not how the product was made to look, and I'm not fond of the idea of using a product that stays on the part(s).
Dravenae:
That's fair enough man.
For what its worth, I have never noticed any oily or greasy feeling when using the controllers or when touching the consoles. After I apply a coat of WD40 I always give it a thorough wipe down after, to the extent I use q-tips to get into the vents and what have you. Perhaps that's why I never notice it. I would never dream of applying a coat of WD40 and leaving it to air dry, I always give it a thorough wipe down after.
JDavis:
Open up my Krion Conquest to clean it (and because it was rattling)
Find this:
::)
AxelSteelBMX:
Well? Did you? And was it?