On Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:10:54 AM UTC-5, Wade Garrett wrote:
The rubber grip cushioning on my wife's Sonicare HX6730 toothbrush
handle has softened, gotten sticky and started to chunk off.

The Sonicare lives on its charging stand located on the edge of her
bathroom sink. So I'm thinking the damage is the result of several
years' exposure to over-spray from hairspray and other assorted
lady-grooming chemicals.

Youtube videos show how to replace the battery and do other mechanical
repairs- but I couldn't find anything about replacing the rubber grip
panels.

I guess I could just peel them off- but I don;t think she'd be happy
with a redneck fix. Any ideas for doing a proper repair?

I doubt a decent fix is possible. I just checked mine. It has relatively
hard plastic in those spots, but it's one of the newer ones. I think the
older ones may have had softer material. How old is it? The batteries
don't last forever and maybe it's just time to get a new one. That's what
I did. Costco has them, can probably find them online. I got mine at
Costco when I was needing new brush heads. The brushes aren't cheap and they
had a package where you got several brush heads plus the unit at a decent
price.