old brake hoods turned sticky--any remedy?
Bought a pair of vintage brake levers on our favorite auction site, with hoods that appeared (in the listing photo) to be in good condition, but when they got here, I immediately noticed that they had a significant layer of dirt and skin oil on them, and the rubber has degraded to the point of being sticky. Is there any remedy for this at all? Anything at all that can be done to make the rubber not sticky? They are Sante aero levers, which have a quite unusually-shaped hood, and it will not be easy at ALL to find a replacement hood to fit these.