This reader used Purple Power to clean his benchmark Eton E1.It’s made by and can be found at auto supply shops (e.g. Autozone, NAPA, etc.), home improvement stores, and a few major retailers (such as Walmart).The method involves dampening a cloth or microfibre towel with the cleaner, then wiping the radio in a single direction with gentle pressure. Don’t rub back and forth or swirl in circles. It won’t remove logos, lettering, or numbers.The agent stated that only one cleaning is necessary.
Recently, however, Tivoli has updated the PAL with the PAL BT, a model that does offer A2DP Bluetooth stereo streaming, alongside the built-in AM/FM radio and auxiliary inputs found on the original. And if you’re in the market for a portable, powerful speaker with great sound, there’s nothing quite like it out there.
The rubber coating will remain non-tacky, permanently, after using Purple Power.Having said all that, I haven’t personally tested it. You’ll might recall that I had already cleaned my radios with oven cleaner.Also, Purple Power is hard to find in Canada.
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I do have other degreasers in my workshop; some of them are even purple-coloured (e.g. Zep Commercial Purple Cleaner and Castrol SuperClean), but they’re highly corrosive and toxic, so I’m not keen on trying those on myradios.Therefore, if one of your other readers already has a jug of Purple Power handy, maybe they can test it out and report back to us.Thanks again for the great website!Thank you so much, Derrick, for taking the time to share this. I’m happy to hear that Eton endorses the use of Purple Power–we posted an article about this cleaner. Sticky radios are so common,.My Grundig G6 desperately needs cleaning–its chassis is incredibly sticky at the moment. I also know I have some Purple Power at home, so when I return from travels I’ll put it to work on the G6!Thanks again!(affiliate link). As Derrick notes, Purple Power is also widely available at local auto parts stores, home improvement stores and big box retailers. Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Steve Z, who writes with another option to clean radios (like the Eton E1, Eton Satellite and others) with a rubberized coating that has become sticky with time:I ran across this blog when I recently took out an Eton portable radio and found it to be a sticky, gunky mess.
The radio is probably around 8-10 years old and it’s been a few years since I used it. I didn’t have any of the products mentioned here, but tried a few similar products I already had in my home with varied success:. Simple Green: Did nothing.
Don’t bother. Goo Gone liquid: Very limited results. Had to scrub a lot for minimal results. Not worth it.: Worked well.
Sprayed a portion of the radio, waited a minute and then cleaned with microfiber cloth. Had to use a little elbow grease, but results were good. (foaming degreaser): WINNER by far! Easily and quickly cleaned sticky gunk off radio. Sprayed portion and then easily wiped clean with microfiber cloth. No damage to writing or graphics on radio.
Whole radio took about 30 minutes. It would have been faster, except there are a lot of dials and nooks and crannies to work around.Thanks for the tip, Steve! I’ll add this to!
One thread that’s had a surprisingly long run here on the SWLing Post deals with.A number of portable radios manufactured in the past decade were coated in a rubberized, tactile material that was quite functional when the products were new. With time, however, the coating breaks down and becomes incredibly sticky to the touch. We’ve published a number of articles about how to clean sticky radios–.Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Lee Reynolds, who writes with his suggestion:Gunk on radios – I was the lucky winner of an E1 at one of the ‘fests.Of course, the coating went bad and it would up looking like the flypaper/Wino of radios.I made a desultory attempt at cleaning it (using that Purple Power stuff) but it was a nasty, dirty job that I didn’t complete. A disheartening mess.Fast forward three or four years after that. I had some time on my hands, I took another look at the radio.I found that the gunk continues to mutate – it had actually lost most of its ability to adhere to the radio’s casing.
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Now it would rub off with a paper towel and nothing else.A couple of rolls of paper towels and some Pledge left it something you no longer needed to put gloves on in order to feel comfortable touching.So – another fix for the gunk – time and patience. No cleaners needed.Thanks for sharing, Lee. Worth noting: if you gave up on your sticky radio some time ago, perhaps you should pull it back out of storage and see if the coating has deteriorated to the point it might simply rub off?
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Time might have made the job much easier. The Eton FR-300 (Source: Universal Radio)Many thanks to “HoustonCleanListener” who writes:One more “sticky radio” suggestion.Here in the Houston area we are getting in to the heart of hurricane season. I have a little Eton FR-300 radio that has am, fm, tv and weather bands, a flashing red light, a white light, and a siren. I hadn’t picked it up in some time, and, while doing a “emergency inventory” today, I picked it up and it was so STICKY!!!The first thing tried was rubbing alcohol, but the type suitable for first aid which is only 50% which just spread the stickiness around.I did a “sticky radio” search, which I am already familiar with (no stickiness issues on my trusty Sony ICF-SW/7600GR).When I browsed the suggested solutions, “citrus-based” came up. Turns out I had the solution under my sink: “” is a citrus-based product used to clean fruits and vegetables, and now, radios!Squirted some on a paper towel and it does the job nicely.Thanks for the suggestion! Like you, I imagine many others will have Veggie Wash on hand. Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, who writes:Sean at in Reynoldsburg, OH put me on to another terrific product that does the job fabulously and quite easily.
It’s called MaxPro Ink/Adhesive Remover and is a citrus-based cleaner/solvent that won’t harm the radio’s plastic casing. You can get it on eBay for around $11 with free shipping:It took me a total of less than 3 hours to clean both my E1s.
I used a lot of paper towels, working a section of the radio at a time, spraying the solvent onto the towels and then rubbing the surface free of the degraded and sticky rubberized coating. After removing the coating, I simply wiped down the radio with a wet paper towel to remove any residual solvent.
They are now clean and smooth and look like new with all the white print intact. And my hands didn’t suffer any from contact with the solvent.A reminder if you do this: It’s important to seek out citrus-based solvents and avoid petroleum based solvents. It was so easy with this product that I wished I had done this a long time ago and wasn’t so nervous about taking it on.John FigliozziHalfmoon, NYThank you, John!
I just noticed that a few of my rubber-coated receivers are starting to get tacky. I like the idea that this adhesive remover is gentle on the chassis.We’ve posted a number of solutions for sticky radios.
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