How to clean off Tangerine juice residue from top switches?

[Norcal Photographer]

Yes, unbelievably a Tangerine broke open onto my XT1 (it was sitting on top of the xt1 in my backpack).

 

I tired to clean it off as best as I could using a damp paper towel however the juices did get in between the body the knobs on the top of the camera & although they're fully working it is very difficult to move them probably due to the juice drying into a sticky mess where I can't access it to clean it off.

 

Are the top knobs easily remove able? Any suggestions on how te best clean it?

 

TIA!

[Aswald]

Uugh......a rather tricky problem. Generally, alcohol will clean up the oils in the tangerine. Warm water should be fine for the juices.

 

Looking at the construction, all knobs and dials are probably removable from under the top cover. I. e. you'd have to remove the top cover to gain access to dismantle the dials for cleaning. Attached pics of an XA1 top cover for reference.

 

Here's something about citric juices which you may want to know. It etches onto some surfaces and melt some plastics. Not sure how the X-T1 material will stand up against that.

 

Send it in for cleaning?

 

 

 

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[Aswald]

And just in case you want to attempt by yourself...

 

http://bollzy.com/blog/2014/06/09/fujifilm-x100-how-to/

[Norcal Photographer]

Thank you Aswald. I think I'll send it in for cleaning. Since its out of Warranty, I'll may have a local camera shop see if they'll want to attempt it themselves or have Fujifilm do it.

[Aswald]

That's good to know. Hope they do a good job.

[jlmphotos]

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, (Northern Alaska) my wife hit a huge rut and I spilled a can of Pepsi on my Minolta X-E7.  It was a sticky, gooey mess for months, and months.  Everything stuck,  on/off, shutter button, lens aperture rings, you name it, it was coated with pepsi.   A few months later, and several rainfalls later, it cleared up all by itself.