1 Minute Sticky Shutter Button Fix

I searched quickly and couldn't find if this has been posted.

A forum member on a local forum I am on posted this link:

http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=tB_gSqyidI0

He did it and had great success.

Anyone here tried this? I am VERY tempted to try. I've had the sticky shutter button for a LONG time.

I'm not sure I'd want to try that, but theoretically the alcohol will dry very quickly.

Hmmm... I got to remember this one.

what about something like a brake cleaner or maf cleaner that dries almost instantly?

bookmark the youtube page and u are set

I would just buy a can of contact cleaner and get some in around the button... If it works on 30-year-old aircraft electronics that aircrew have gummed up with peanut butter (avionics tech) it'll work on a camera
Just make sure it says on the can that it won't leave residue.

Sharpmaxell wrote in post #9735869
what about something like a brake cleaner or maf cleaner that dries almost instantly?

Do be careful of any cleaning fluids that might be corrosive, or meant for much stronger 'gunk' than that found on a shutter button.
Or don't be careful. Good chance to upgrade

spleenrippa wrote in post #9736189
I would just buy a can of contact cleaner and get some in around the button... If it works on 30-year-old aircraft electronics that aircrew have gummed up with peanut butter (avionics tech) it'll work on a camera
Just make sure it says on the can that it won't leave residue.

This is what I have done in the past for an unresponsive shutter button on my old 20D - bought a spray can of contact cleaner at Radio Shack - sprayed a bit into the lid of the can - tore a q-tip down to a smaller size - soaked it in the contact cleaner and put it in and around the shutter button and worked it in by pressing the button and turning it left and right. This worked very well and I dumped nothing into the battery compartment of my camera! Yikes!

Contact cleaner dries very quickly and leaves no residue.....

The alcohol should dry fast, but there might be stuff that was dissolved in the alcohol (stuff in the battery compartment or maybe other lubricants or adhesives the alcohol meets along it's journey) that dry onto electronic parts when the alcohol evaporates and may cause some electrical issues if they are conductive?

Sharpmaxell wrote in post #9735869
what about something like a brake cleaner or maf cleaner that dries almost instantly?

Most brake cleaner will melt or mar plastic surfaces. Contact or switch cleaner is safer.

I've used contact cleaner on sticky keyboard switches, crackly amplifier and guitar pots (volume knobs), etc. As said above though, there's two kinds of contact cleaner. One's cheap and leaves residue, the other is always marked as "leaves no residue".

I have a client shoot Monday so I will wait until after then to try this. I'll be a kid in a candy store when my shutter button is working 100% again!

bsmotril wrote in post #9736699
Most brake cleaner will melt or mar plastic surfaces. Contact or switch cleaner is safer.

i figured it would be too harsh on it. i was just thinking of something that would dry really fast.

well after watching the video 4 times, i decided 2 try it on my 40d. it worked! i let it dry for a good 2 hours before i put the battery back in. boy was i nervous 2 put that battery back in. i had my fingers crossed the whole time.

Does anyone know if this would be safe to do on an xsi?