Automated Fixtures Chauvet Finish turned Sticky!

How old are the lights/what model? I personally love the coating on the Rogues and Mavericks, it holds up very well especially compared to some other finishes on moving heads.
Mavericks and Rogues, maybe about 3 years old? They've already started getting sticky and haven't been abused. It's just the nature of that finish and I've seen it happen on numerous other bits of gear. My totally semi-educated guess is that the rubber in the finish is "devulcanizing" and it's not so much a residue forming on the finish, it's the finish itself degrading into sticky gross stuff. The Google rabbit-hole of "fixing" this problem has a number of different ideas, but nothing to address the root problem of the finish just naturally degrading.

That aside, they really are banging lights. Probably the best in their price range.
 

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