Hi
Anyone know where to buy some replacements from and how much?
Also is it hard to replace them, or is there a solution to destick my buttons?
https://www.elektron.se/shop/add-ons
Right on their website…
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Thank you, can I ask is it easy to replace them?
Pretty easy. I think there’s plenty of info in the forum if u search sticky buttons
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Appreciate it, need to check once I’m back home. Last thing I want to do is mess this deviceup
I’m having this same issue with m OT MKII – the smooth surface buttons are listed as out of stock on the Elektron site. I wrote to Elektron to see when they might be back in, but if anyone has a sense of how long it generally takes to restock that stuff, that would be great to know. I can see I’m going to need to replace the buttons on my A4 and AR, also (also out of stock!).
Our own @LaVernWinston has replacement caps as well!
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They said somewhere around 4-6 weeks.
Kind of ridiculous how expensive shipping is
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Thank you – much appreciated!
Yea, the shipping is going to suck, but it looks like if you order $200 worth of stuff it’s “free,” and I have a lot of sticky buttons over here, so I may just bite the bullet and get them all at once. Ugh.
FWIW, I followed this advice yesterday to clean off the worst of the buttons on my OT: Sticky Buttons (the surface, not the action) - #17 by realrider – it worked, but I did manage to damage the paint a little, and it took a lot of elbow grease to get them clean enough (the arrow buttons in particular were getting so sticky on the sides they were borderline unusable). I don’t want to have to do that kind of disassembly any more frequently than absolutely necessary, but I figured it might be a significant wait to get new buttons. This method might be worth a try for yours while you wait.
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I’ve had the same issue with the buttons (that rubberizing gunk they put on there is garbage). I’ve found that cleaning it off it is a simple matter of removing the buttons (easy to do with a plastic guitar pick: just insert it in the crack above the button, and “lever” it off. They come off easily, and the pick doesn’t scratch the paint.), and rubbing the gunk off the buttons with a soft cloth (I used rags I’d made from an old pair of jeans).
Don’t use any solvent—just apply firm pressure, and the stuff comes off. It’s easier on a hot day, when the gunk is stickiest and most malleable.
It takes a while (about 2 min per button), but you’ll get through them. Do small batches at a time. Remind yourself how much money you’re saving by doing this yourself (the price [+shipping] of those non-rubberized buttons is retarded…). Think of it like you’re paying yourself upwards of 50$/h to rub little bits of plastic (that’s a decent gig to a LOT of people).
The cleaned buttons pop right back into place just by placing them back in their respective slot and pushing straight down on them.
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Thanks, I used isopropyl alcohol and ruined one of the 1 buttons, just black paint bits coming off.Wish I knew earlier not to do this, but used same method on push 2 and it worked out fine.