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?

[martin_fierro]

I like Plan B.

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[Ditter]

Your husband notices when the nick knacks are moved 1/8 of and inch? OMG!

Honey you don't need a new remote, you need a new husband.

[Marine_Uncle]

Why don't you try placing the unit on a blacksmith's anvil, then after raising a very large heavy ball pin hammer bring it down with all you got onto the unit. That surely will dislodge the silly putty from the keys.

[Americanwolfsbrother]

The WD-40 will work, the worst it would do is remove the silk screened lettering on the remote (and I guarantee your husband won't notice that).AWB

[Brainhose]

I suggest taking an old DeLorean, convert into a time machine and then go back to the time before your kid put the ersatz silly putty on the remote and prevent him from doing it. Problem solved.
Seriously though kids do stuff like this all the time, I hope hubby doesn't get mad.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

didn't work, but your right, this was a fun thread. Having been sick with a nasty cold I needed the diversion and the laugh.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

did it, didn't work :( but this has been fun LOL

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

:P !! LOL

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

For real. He also used to leave the plastic wrapping on all his videos. He would use a razor blade to cut around the opening where the tape would slide out and then burn the edges so that the plastic wouldn't tear. ROFLOL that was when we were first married. BEFORE kids. He has since mellowed out a lot. No more plastic on video's and he is just happy when I can get the dusting done.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

We couldn't get the putty off of the remote but all is well. Thanfully my husbands sense of humor often offsets his type A personality. Besides the worst that would have happened is my inquisitive but sensitive son would be crying because his best friend was upset at him.

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

I am not afraid of my husband finding out. Actually, I thought the whole thing to be very funny. But still, my husband does prize his remote and all of his other electronics. The biggest thing I wanted to do was dry my sons tears because he didn't want to make his Daddy mad. He doesn't like anyone to be upset with him.

LOL, this whole thing reminds me of the "vaseline" story my Mom has told on me for years. I was able to reach the changing table from the crib when I was a toddler and I got ahold of a tub of vaseline. I got it opened, spread the gooey mess in my hair and in my brothers hair. My poor Mom was washing that stuff out of our hair for 2 weeks. LOL

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

no I don't LOL. That was when we were first married and BEFORE kids. He came home from work and said, "Who moved that figurine?!" I just looked at him and said, "I dusted." He is a very organized, clean person who had to adjust to a wife who wasn't, well, as clean and organized as HE was. My husband is a good man who has a very type A personality. And I am not perfect either.

[freedumb2003]

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.

1. Disable the Hiesenberg Couplers
2. Find the speed switch and select "Frappe"
3. Send it around the sun at warp speed. The slingshot effect will send it back in time, at which you can pick it up and admonish your now 4-year old to not touch Mommy's remote!

[teenyelliott]

I understand the silly putty thing all too well. Even had to get some out of cat and dog fur. Still have a couple of spots on my couch. I figure by the time my kids are grown, everything I own will have turned to dust.

Did the freezing thing work?

[hindsfeetnhighplaces]

Nope, it sure didn't. But that's the way the silly putty bounces sometimes. He was just experimenting with the stuff. He loves to mold it on things and see what pattern or image he would get in the silly putty. Life's to short to worry about this kind of stuff. A remote is easy to replace. I am just gland I always keep my laptop in its case. It could have been my laptop keyboard he "puttied".

[Jaysun]

Got any relatives with experience at this?

Experience being dull or dusting?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Sticking foreign substances where they are problematic.

[Jaysun]

Got any relatives with experience at this?

Sorry slim, I just now saw the title and content of the post so disregard my last reply. My band of misfits have never done anything this absurd. I guess I'd recommend putting it in the freezer until the putty hardens, then break it off.

[Tijeras_Slim]

;)

[Jaysun]

Sticking foreign substances where they are problematic.

Yes indeed. I don't know the exact remedy for this problem, but I'm sure that any recipe for success will include gasoline, lemon juice, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda, corn starch, laundry detergent, and scalding hot beer.