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Flying Clog · 28 September 2023, 06:47 AM

Have a SNJ031 with beige strap thats been sat on my desk for maybe 6 months just in-front of my window keeping charge.

I picked it up today and the rubber strap is all sticky.
At first I thought the battery was leaking - but it's only the strap that was sticky.

Any ideas ?

Cheers
FC

DJ2020 · 28 September 2023, 11:17 AM

Something spilled on the strap, or maybe a cleaner/solvent could of come in contact with it? Wash the strap. If it's still sticky I would suspect the latter.

IGY · 28 September 2023, 11:03 PM

Or it could be glue used in the manufacture of the strap. Even if the strap has stitching, they are usually glued to keep them in position before the stitches go in. So yeah, use a dilute solvent and don't let the solvent linger on the watch strap for very long before washing it off and drying thoroughly.

28 September 2023, 06:47 AM	#1
Flying Clog "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Netherlands Posts: 357	SNJ031 - Sticky strap ? Have a SNJ031 with beige strap thats been sat on my desk for maybe 6 months just in-front of my window keeping charge. I picked it up today and the rubber strap is all sticky. At first I thought the battery was leaking - but it's only the strap that was sticky. Any ideas ? Cheers FC

28 September 2023, 11:17 AM	#2
DJ2020 "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2020 Real Name: Wayne Location: NC Watch: 226570 Posts: 3,484	Something spilled on the strap, or maybe a cleaner/solvent could of come in contact with it? Wash the strap. If it's still sticky I would suspect the latter. __________________ In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. - Abraham Lincoln __________________________________________________ Rolex 226570, Explorer II Club

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28 September 2023, 11:03 PM	#3
IGY "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2023 Location: UK Posts: 228	Or it could be glue used in the manufacture of the strap. Even if the strap has stitching, they are usually glued to keep them in position before the stitches go in. So yeah, use a dilute solvent and don't let the solvent linger on the watch strap for very long before washing it off and drying thoroughly.

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