But one neat way is to paste the foil onto the tape first, then use a hole-puncher to punch out uniformly sized pieces of self-adhesive foil. As long as the end result looks like the picture on left. It should be easy for anyone to cut and paste the foil to the keypad using the double-sided tape. Ready? Just use the double-sided tape to paste a piece of aluminum foil over the back of the rubber keypad that corresponds to each faulty button. It should be safe to wash the other parts in mild detergent, so yes, go ahead and do all that scrubbing you clean freaks! After cleaning, make sure that everything is dry before you proceed. I recommend just using a damp cloth to wipe the circuit board. Simple, you can either proceed to the next step below or, do something about the years of accumulated dirt and grim that you are probably seeing now! Just be sure not to get the circuit board in contact with any liquid. So what do you do now that you've successfully taken the remote apart (did I hear that sigh of relief there?). With such remotes, I'd recommend that you have a visual record of the button locations before taking it apart (either take a photo or refer to the user manual). These buttons will drop out like plastic Lego bricks once you take the covers apart, which means you'll need to know where to put each one back to its correct location when assembling the remote. On some remotes (very few these days), there are additional individual hard plastic buttons between the front cover and the rubber keypad. To help those of you who may not feel brave enough to take apart a remote control, here is a picture of the components typically found in a stripped-down remote:Īs you can see, sandwiched between the front and rear covers are usually only 2 components a rubber keypad and a circuit board.
But there are some remotes which are constructed using the "snap-on" method. It should be a pretty straightforward affair for anyone to strip apart the vast majority of remotes out there using a screwdriver. I've been using this method to successfully keep my favorite universal remote control "alive" for over 7 years now.
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