Spotting scopes deteriorating

[RedRiverII]

My scope was outdoors perhaps twenty hours it's whole life.  I opened it for my last range trip and I discovered the stickiness.  So UV in this case is not the apparent cause,  or so I believe right now.  I'll get the transparent matte spray today and do like Konus suggests.  See if that helps. I find it difficult to believe a short twenty hours in the sun would do that.  Left outdoors yes,  but in it's case and then inside it's box.  Thanks for all the help.  As far as condoms go if I can get my wife pregnant at 67 we're all getting CROM 500's on me.

[sketch]

13 hours ago, RedRiverII said:

My scope was outdoors perhaps twenty hours it's whole life.  I opened it for my last range trip and I discovered the stickiness.  So UV in this case is not the apparent cause,  or so I believe right now.  I'll get the transparent matte spray today and do like Konus suggests.  See if that helps. I find it difficult to believe a short twenty hours in the sun would do that.  Left outdoors yes,  but in it's case and then inside it's box.  Thanks for all the help.  As far as condoms go if I can get my wife pregnant at 67 we're all getting CROM 500's on me.

do work !!

[RedRiverII]

Older thread wake up call.  I finally did as Konus suggested.  I taped all the parts I didn't want to spray.  I used Rustoleum matte clear 2x ultra cover and it worked like a charm.  The stickiness is gone and the scope body feels like new.

[unforgiven]

Great news brother I'll try it 👍

[shooterrex]

Hope this works. I have old 1st gen night vision that the case is tacky.

[RedRiverII]

Taking the scope out tomorrow  Sunday and using it.  We'll see if the sun ruins the finish.

[Miatabob]

I got my Barska scope out of storage and it was very sticky.  It had never contacted any solvents or sprays.  I kept it resting on my 50 year old oscilloscope.  I tried several things but found that denatured alcohol worked the best.  It also removed all writing on the outside but at least it’s not sticky.  I found that it was necessary to move to a clean area of the cloth to keep removing and reapplying,

[Lonewolf McQuade]

Mmmmm, Barska.... I bought a cheap pair 15x70mm Barska binos about 12 years back,  on sale for $70ish IIRC. Figured they'd be good enough for a leave in the truck set, inexpensive & not gut wrenching if  they got stolen etc. After a few months in the truck during  warm weather , they got a little gooey. After an entire winter, I went to use them & the glue holding EVERYTHING together had dried up. Focus wouldn't budge, pieces started coming off in my hands while trying to coax adjustments lol. 

[unforgiven]

Someone else came up with this fix, my spotting scope did the same thing. Clear Matte spray fixed it right up. I was amazed. Dries quick  mask glass and spray. It works.

[Lonewolf McQuade]

On 2/9/2022 at 9:55 AM, unforgiven said:

Someone else came up with this fix, my spotting scope did the same thing. Clear Matte spray fixed it right up. I was amazed. Dries quick  mask glass and spray. It works.

Easy enough 👌