The gray "rubber" pads on my remote are tacky. I tried 409, windex etc, no help. No, I was not eating a cheese burger. It seemed to happen overnight. 
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Try denatured alcohol it should work, just put some on a paper towel
Alex
Let's hope that they are not urethane rubber. Some urethanes react with the moisture in the air to break down the long-chain polymers that give the rubber its strength. The rubber turns to the consistency of a gumdrop. Polyester-based thermoplastic polyurethanes are more subject to this problem that polyether-based varieties.
This urethane "hydrolysis" is a common problem in the music recording industry. We see rubber idler wheels turn to goo, and the binder that holds the magnetic particles onto magnetic tape becomes sticky. The tapes must be baked for anywhere from a day to a month to reverse the process long enough to allow the tapes to run through a tape recorder without totally gumming up the tape guides and stalling the tape.
I have not heard of any solvent that improves the situation.
Paul, is your CAB2 stored in a high-humidity location?
It's in the basement, there is a dehumidifier running in the room. Does not seem damp.
Alex, the denatured alcohol did clean it up. Not sticky at all now.
I've had Legacy a few years now & this happened recently.
I have a propane heater in the adjacent rec room, don't know if it would cause this.
