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This is the way.

I always cleaned the silicone pads with warm water and soap, though. Just put them in the sink, apply water and soap, and use a brush to clean it. Dry it up with a paper towel and slap it a few times on the counter to get the water out of any cracks.

If you don't want to have to clean it at all, don't hold the remote in your hand all day. Condensation will happen.

Also, remotes of smokers are nasty, but soap and water works like a charm here as well.

Use Isopropyl for the electronics. Don't use thinner or anything aggressive. It will just desintegrate the contacts.

As soon as you have to fix the contacts, it's usually better to get a replacement. But if you clean your remote once you have to press harder, the contacts will survive. It's usually from pressing too hard because the contact is bad from dirt.

If you have trouble opening it, twist the remote a bit until it opens or you get enough space between the top and bottom to insert a preying tool.

Watch for eventual screws under labels or in the battery compartment first.

A longer term fix is to soak the whole key pad sheet in Fuelite (Petroleum Spirit)

Dummy here. Reads to me as a regional brand name and an ambiguous generic term. Would soaking in naphtha work?

Good catch! The POG is always in the comments.