Best way to remove sticky rubber coating from surfaces?

[Will]

As the title says, based on your experience, what’s the best way to remove the sticky rubber coating/soft touch finish from surfaces like the palmrest or the laptop lid, especially on Alienware and Dell Precision models?

[6730b]

lol, my very old Dell E7440 had coating that disintegrated. Looked and felt horrible > time to throw the laptop in the bin :O) But scratched it away with a piece of plastic (softer than the main plastic frame under the coating). Long ago, maybe ? also used some elctronic contact cleaner, which did not attack anything other than the coating. Then polished with fine 800 (or was it 400) sandpaper. Was a job over time, nice finish in the end.

[Hyper]

Isopropyl alcohol will usually remove it. But it may be hard on the plastic leaving white stains. And often the entire plastic part is disintegrating and cleaning the sticky residue will not stop the process.

[Redneck_Randy]

You should see my old laptop (ASUS G75VW).  It feels like fly paper cause it's so sticky.

[loopster]

Denatured alcohol to clean off the sticky goo on top, then use a few drops of baby oil (yes, baby oil 🙂, it works best)
to give the surface a fresh finish and seal it off.