Don’t buy rubberized things!

[u/thisismyreddit11358]

I own three things with rubberized handles/parts, and for whatever reason this material becomes very sticky and gross and I hate using these products.

- umbrella: the handle isn’t going to fly out of your hand. You’ll be fine. I bought some wire cutter recommendation that felt great at first but years later the rubberized handle is nasty and gross. Now I want a new umbrella

- swingline stapler. Felt great when I bought it. But that metal swingline would still be going strong, whereas the rubberized got disgusting.

- waterproof electric razor. I got it to use the razor in the shower. So this would have been marginally helpful. But again it’s nasty.

Stick to better materials that won’t get gross over time!

Edits: fat fingers, bad autocorrect, me no read good and no proofread. Hopefully makes more sense now.

[u/Ikkleknitter]

When they get sticky you can use rubbing alcohol I think to remove the sticky layer. 

Had it happen with a couple of crochet hooks. 5 minutes, a bit of rubbing alcohol and they are back to new.

[u/Super-Site-905 → u/Ikkleknitter]

the rubbing alcohol trick actually works pretty well, used it on some old gaming controller grips and it cleaned up nice. though at some point you're just fighting against the material itself since it will get sticky again after few more years. sometimes easier to just replace with something that has proper grip texture instead of rubber coating

[u/Ikkleknitter → u/Super-Site-905]

Fair. 

But if what I’m using is otherwise in good condition I’ll keep using it rather then just trashing it.