You forgot to use [sarcasm] tags or you don't know what you are talking about.
You forgot politeness, but go ahead and use detergents.
You forgot to use [sarcasm] tags or you don't know what you are talking about.
You forgot politeness, but go ahead and use detergents.
Apple apologists really turn me blue.
It HAS TO BE somethign the user is doing right? Because white shiny things Apple has shipped in the past have never ever ever had issues with discoloration, RIGHT? [sarcasm...]
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2006/07/4508/
Oh wow are you angry. I didn't say it HAD to be something he was doing, and I am certainly not insisting he's doing anything wrong. All I insisted on is the band is white the whole way through which I know to be true because I cut one open. The white band won't turn blue just in the air all by itself. So maybe it isn't something blue that he's coming in contact with, maybe it's something pink that is chemically reacting with the white band and making it turn blue.![]()
Sheesh, calm down. The last thing anybody would call me who knows me is an Apple apologist.
Yes, apologies. I guess I just got too fed up after reading this forum for the last couple of days. There's a guy with a black sport band that began peeling off after just ONE day of use, and some people here claimed it was "normal wear and tear".
Please !
However going back to your post, white dyes can change colour under a number of conditions. I obviously don't know the chemical composition of the rubber ("fluoroelastomer") or the white pigment, but it's certainly possible that a white dye changes colour due to a number of things: heat, pH, UV light, etc.
Your statement that Fluoroelastomer "...will disintegrate..." when exposed to detergents is FUD. Fluoroelastomers is a super strong and resilient synthetic rubber that tolerates heat and chemical contamination better than natural rubber. You could likely leave it soaking in pure liquid soap for several years with no effect and certainly NO chance of disintegrating.
In 500 years you could dig these straps up in a land fill and they will still be intact.
I 100% agree people are too quick to dismiss legitimate issues as not Apple's fault. A band that falls apart after one day's time is not normal wear and tear. A band that discolors all on it's own is not simply wear and tear. I was only trying to help by pointing out the band is white the whole way through, so whatever is happening is (likely) not a result wear, and more likely contact with something that is discoloring the band. Possibly that is not the case, but I really was trying to be helpful. Not apologize for Apple.
You forgot politeness, but go ahead and use detergents.
Don't use any detergents on the band, the band will disintegrate. Only use warm water.
...So for clarification, the sport band is sweat and chemical resistant (very chemical resistant in fact), but most certainly not dye proof.
So Apple needs to make sure the band is dye proof in the future. Thanks for owning up to your mistake. My white band is set to arrive this week.Ok so after trying 96% pure alcohol, it was no better or worse. I also tried a variety of other chemicals.
In the end a mixture of oven grease remover, hot water and the brisk side of a washing up scrubbing brush for quite some time and it's like new again.
Thanks for all the tips and clues, looks like it was dye which can only have come from my jeans. So for clarification, the sport band is sweat and chemical resistant (very chemical resistant in fact), but most certainly not dye proof.
Ok so after trying 96% pure alcohol, it was no better or worse. I also tried a variety of other chemicals.
In the end a mixture of oven grease remover, hot water and the brisk side of a washing up scrubbing brush for quite some time and it's like new again.
Thanks for all the tips and clues, looks like it was dye which can only have come from my jeans. So for clarification, the sport band is sweat and chemical resistant (very chemical resistant in fact), but most certainly not dye proof.
And yes, the blue was indeed Bay State Blue (wouldn't you know it...it had to be BSB).
That's not suppose to happen at all.
So Apple needs to make sure the band is dye proof in the future. Thanks for owning up to your mistake. My white band is set to arrive this week.
Mistake ???
...The one that came with my wife's SS watch has an SS pin. Do the bands that come with aluminium watches have an aluminium pin, or stainless steel, too?....
Sorry, I hate being the "grammar police".. but I KEEP seeing this on the forum.
That's not SUPPOSED to happen.
I SUPPOSE that you will tell me "eff off" for correcting you.
I know it's one letter different and maybe a typo, but it drives me nuts. Sorry!
Apple apologists really turn me blue.
It HAS TO BE somethign the user is doing right? Because white shiny things Apple has shipped in the past have never ever ever had issues with discoloration, RIGHT? [sarcasm...]
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2006/07/4508/
Calm down, there's no need to loose your mind over it.![]()