Cry for help--silly putty incident(vanity)

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

Hello fellow freepers. I have somewhat of a conundrum. My ever inquisitive 5 year old put silly putty on the TV remote and it won't come off!! My husband will NOT be amused. LOL. It could be worse. At least he hasn't thought to stick a PBJ sand. in the VCR--yet. Anyway, if anyone has any ideas on how to get the silly putty off of the remote I would appreciate the help. I did a web search. It appears WD40 will disolve it but I am not sure what that would to to the remote itself. Any ideas?

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

LOL--huh?

[dfwddr]

Silly putty is very prone to neutron embrittlement. You may be able to leave the remote in the closest fast burst reactor for a few minutes and get it off. If you have a Californium source you could get the same effect, but it would take a lot longer. There may be some single event upset events with the electronics in the remote, but it is possible that some annealing under heat could remedy these.

I was just going to say that.... LOL :p

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

exept my husband notices if I have dusted and the knick knacks are moved 1/8 of an inch from their previous position

You married the wrong man. I wouldn't noticed any of this.

[Tired of Taxes]

exept my husband notices if I have dusted and the knick knacks are moved 1/8 of an inch from their previous position.

Uh-oh.

OK, here's the plan: I'll pay you to come over and clean my house. With the money, you can buy your husband a new remote, maybe even a new TV, too. And then both our husbands will be happy.

By the way, can you cook, too? :-)

[Tijeras_Slim]

I'd notice if Mrs. Slim dusted. Of course in my family we have the saying "Only dull women have immaculate homes."

[Tijeras_Slim]

Got any relatives with experience at this?

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

The remote buttons are a soft rubber and that is what the putty stuck to.

Silly putty is a silicone polymer. Chances are the rubber buttons are also a silicone based rubber (polymer) hence their affinity. You may have a real problem in that anything that dissolves the silly putty may attack the key buttons as well. I know that not much help but your best bet may be to turn it in to the cable people and say "it broke, replace it" (a hammer may be used to make that more credible).

As for neutron bombardment, tell Mr Wisenheimer that your Kneutsan valve is in the shop for re-cambering and the Johnson Bars are on back-order so neutrons are definitely no can do as of the moment.

Regards,
GtG

[pcottraux]

"My ever inquisitive 5 year old put silly putty on the TV remote and it won't come off!!"

HA HA HA HA HAAA!!!!!!!!!!!! That's funny!

[Tijeras_Slim]

tell Mr Wisenheimer that your Kneutsan valve is in the shop for re-cambering and the Johnson Bars are on back-order so neutrons are definitely no can do as of the moment.

Maybe at your reactor, Gandalf... :)

[Redcloak]

"Looks like we're gonna have to blast, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk."

[Petronski]

Dollar store silly putty?

Well, I can understand if it isn't silly enough. Maybe it's more like mirthful putty, or putty that is mildly amused.




Let it get hard in the freezer, but take the batteries out first.

[Petronski]

Oh sure, in the future I'm sure Californium is sold at the neighborhood druggist, but in 2005, it's a little harder to come by.

[ShadowDancer]

I had a child who drank perfume. This is small scale.

Take out the batteries and put it in the freezer and the Silly Putty should crack right off when it's frozen.

[Crawdad]

Silly putty is very prone to neutron embrittlement. You may be able to leave the remote in the closest fast burst reactor for a few minutes and get it off. If you have a Californium source you could get the same effect, but it would take a lot longer. There may be some single event upset events with the electronics in the remote, but it is possible that some annealing under heat could remedy these.

Everybody knows that. Tell us something we don't know.

[ShadowDancer]

that might work..exept my husband notices if I have dusted and the knick knacks are moved 1/8 of an inch from their previous position.

Shut up. For real? Screw the remote. Rearrange the furniture when he's asleep.

[Rightly Biased]

Take it to your cable co and tell em what happened we throw those things away at will. If the Cssr is good natured they'll laugh it off and give ya another one if not it'll be a 10 to 20 buck charge on your bill.

What kind of remote is it?

What does it say on top of it?

Maybe I can help?

[muggs]

My husband would notice if I dusted too. The little messages we write to each other would be gone.

[Lazamataz]

Silly putty is very prone to neutron embrittlement. You may be able to leave the remote in the closest fast burst reactor for a few minutes and get it off. If you have a Californium source you could get the same effect, but it would take a lot longer. There may be some single event upset events with the electronics in the remote, but it is possible that some annealing under heat could remedy these.

I agree, but the ways that you have mentioned that she can access high-speed neutron emmissions leaves out the most convenient source possible: Place the remote in the same cavern as an underground nuclear test.

[najida]

Sorry this happened to you,
but it's made for a fun thread!

How's the freezer thing working?

[teenyelliott]

Why are you so afraid of your husband coming home and seeing the problem?

I mean, who really cares if the kid put silly putty on the remote? It will still work.

Is he gonna freak out and beat you up or something?