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Old May 25, 2023 | 03:57 PM
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The plastic surrounding my cup holders is covered in glue. Is there supposed to br another piece of trim here? Possibly wood? See picture.



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Old May 26, 2023 | 06:08 AM
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Mine does'nt have any trim. I rubb that grainy rubber coating off with my fingers. now it is uniform finish:

 
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Old May 26, 2023 | 07:51 AM
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Original Owner must've had something stuck there or the graining rubber that you speak of has already been removed and left the glue behind?
 
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Old May 26, 2023 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Deepstuff
Original Owner must've had something stuck there or the graining rubber that you speak of has already been removed and left the glue behind?
The 'grainy rubber" is removed.
It was about 7:15am and I was running out of the door to earn my keep. So what you see is a condition of cup holder as IS with dust and FOD accumulated for about 3 weeks. No cleaning was done. What you see there is just dust and debris. There is no glue stuck in there. Just not whiped clean
 
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Old May 26, 2023 | 02:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Big Koshka
The 'grainy rubber" is removed.
It was about 7:15am and I was running out of the door to earn my keep. So what you see is a condition of cup holder as IS with dust and FOD accumulated for about 3 weeks. No cleaning was done. What you see there is just dust and debris. There is no glue stuck in there. Just not whiped clean
I was talking of mine with the glue. What's in the bottom of yours, Jaguar coasters?
 
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Old May 26, 2023 | 04:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Deepstuff
I was talking of mine with the glue. What's in the bottom of yours, Jaguar coasters?
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You should be able to remove whatever got stuck to surface with some elbow greese. heating it up in hot water to about 60-70C and some Scotch bright wool should remove anything attached to surface and create uniform finish. That where elbow grease comes handy
 

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Old May 27, 2023 | 09:08 AM
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Deepstuff:
My cupholders were similar with a nasty sticky film covering the whole thing just like yours.
I think it must be some kind of finish they applied to the cupholder that went bad after almost 20 years.
Thankfully hasn't appeared on any other surfaces.
It didn't respond to windex or mild solvents.
So like Big K, I rubbed as much of it off as I could with my fingers.
 
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