Several brands of cars - usually higher end like Ferrari, Maserati, etc. - use a rubberized coating on their switches, buttons, and other normally plastic parts. This coating degrades with time, heat, and use to become soft and sticky. Replacing all the parts is out of the question. There is a company that will refinish all of them - also very expensive. Anyone have any success with any Grassroots solutions? The sticky buttons in my Maserati QP are very annoying.
Plastidip?
There's a rubbery coating they make for tool grips and the like.
I've used that tool dip. It might be worth a try.
For some reason your last sentence cracks me up - say it using Mr. Howell's voice from Gilligan's Island with his clenched teeth.
Glad to be amusing 
Putting a new coating on all the parts wipes out all the labels... Italian cars are confusing enough. Trying to find a way to harden the sticky or clear coat or...?
I accept that mass replacement with new switches is out of the question, but maybe you could raid a JY for a newer example of your car and at least buy yourself a couple of years to figure out a better solution. Or is this a (completely understandable) refusal to start taking apart a 21st-century dashboard, with all that that implies?
Argo1 wrote: Glad to be amusing
The labels are just stencils/stickers. You can get generic replacements online.
You could also mask off the existing label with some grease and a fine tipped brush, since the paint, etc. won't stick to it and it will wipe off while drying.
Coat with clear nail polish?
Found a clear coating/ filler that bonds to rubber and plastic. Uses a spray hardener. It's designed to fix chips and nicks in bowling balls. It's not too expensive. I may order it and try on an inconspicous location.
There was a post on here recently about a camera suffering the same softening (sticky) rubbery plastic.
IIRC some suggested that alcohol worked to restore this condition.
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