On the other hand, I had to toss my old KMI QuNexus in the garbage as the UI had become gooey.
I might have tried the alcohol idea posted above if I’d heard about it or thought of it. I actually like the feel of that coating, but if it’s this prone to going bad, it’s obviously not worth it.
Read somewhere ( i think yt comments) Arturia stopped using the sticky crap on new stuff like minifreak.
@reeloy
Thanks can you recommend something from germany ( to switzerland)? . I still haven‘t replaced Dn knobs, would need Bassstation ones too now. Somehow Thomann is never mentioned here, can‘t seem to find d shaft, not sure…
Thonk UK from above or xr powerdesign from usa ( with a screw to fix it) i see. Not sure if I should just try those.
…sorry but no concrete idea…last time i custumized a piece of gear, was a mpc1000 jjos…
but i gave it to a dedicated repairshop here in berlin…we choosed the darkest display, heavy moog like knobs for vol and rec gains, fad black pads and black caps for all play/rec/stop buttons…3 days later i paid them for their service and the parts and took it with…so, i’m obviously the wrong one to ask about customization…
Avoid these, really sticky
Was considering a MPC Live II as the new v3 OS looks decent, but guess what the unit is covered in? No thanks.
Can at least confirm there’s nothing rubberized on the Minifreak.
I mentioned this in another thread, but rubberized coating can be removed with an alcohol soak and wipe down, if you must own a piece with it. I saved a sticky EFX 500 this way
Elekron buttons will be clear after this though, check the color underneath before removing a coating
I hate the stuff. In a couple of decades I suspect it will be banned in the EU for carcinogenic and endocrine disrupting effects.
I agree - I wouldn’t be surprised if they’re deemed toxic at some point.
I hope that @Elektron might consider manufacturing rubberised free buttons and make them available for purchase so we can replace / upgrade our existing buttons.
I had the Live II Retro and it was not covered in the goo. And it’s a looker. I thought all the Live II models didn’t have the coating, I think it was just Live I, could be wrong.
In general I like the idea behind this thread, but a list the opposite way (gear that does get sticky) would make way more sense to me, because
a) let’s assume there’s maybe 5% of gear where the issue occurs, means you’d need to list 95% of all gear on the planet
b) related to a), there’s a ton of gear that’s utilizing materials which are out of question anyway. Like nobody would assume a let’s say Korg Volca would become sticky. So not too much sense in listing stuff like that
c) it’s much harder to ultimately confirm something won’t go sticky. One could confirm device XY isn’t sticky today, but 5 months later it could be tacky like a honeypot
d) listing/confirming gear that did become sticky could also contain a bit of information how the device was treated/stored. This might be useful for other owners to possibly prevent the issue (“example” below)
So I could confirm my Arturia MicroBrute (Creation Edition, bought in 2020) did become sticky.
All knobs are affected, PB and Modwheel, Octave buttons are probably the worst. The Tap/Rest button looks similar to the Octave buttons, but it feels very different and surely isn’t the same material, with the result that this button isn’t sticky at all. Lastly the faders are a bit sticky, but it’s not too bad.
Excessive usage can’t be the reason lol, I think I didn’t even touch it for a span of two years or so. It was mostly stored in a half open desk shelf, where it became dusty over time. So covering it up with dust seemingly won’t help preventing the problem 
But I’m noticing, after digging it out a few weeks ago and using it again (from time to time), things aren’t as sticky anymore than before. So at the moment I’m assuming not touching it in years made it become sticky, and using it on a regular basis might make it go away again. Only speculation though.
I’ve seen reports saying the knobs on the Monologue became sticky. Though I got one and can’t confirm this. Nevertheless, seems the knobs on the Minilogue, Prologue, etc are identical, so it might be an issue that could occur on the -logue series in general.
EDIT:
there’s a thread reporting sticky knobs on the Monologue over here >> Korg Monologue sticky knobs