Hi all -
I recently won an HP at ... some auction site or other, and it came complete with the original brown [fake?] leather zip up case.
More pertinently, when I received it, the calc was _inside_ this case, and when I opened the case up ... the unit was filthy! It had this crumbly, dark brown grud all over it.
Cleaning it was not difficult, but I soon established that the grud (my portmanteau word for grime/crud) in question had come off the inside of the case. There is a black mesh on the inside of that case, and beyond that is the inner wall of the [p]leather, which when rubbed releases the grud.
I guess I am wondering - are these cases known for this sort of material breakdown? Or perhaps this is a kind of mold? Perhaps it is because of the conditions in which it was kept (the unit came from Texas)? Just wondering too if it is worth trying to clean the case (can I just throw it into a washing machine by itself?) ...
Thanks,
GB