| Author | Message | ||
| lothartu
Intermediate Member Username: lothartu Post Number: 114 Registered: 8-2003 |
What would you suggest for a good spray contact cleaner? (something to get the "scratch" out of various pots) -Jim | ||
| davehouck
Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 2676 Registered: 5-2002 |
I'm assuming you're not talking about your new Alembic but some non-Alembic equipment. I'm using something called Tuner Control that I got at Radio Shack a few years back. Seems to work fine. | ||
| kungfusheriff
Senior Member Username: kungfusheriff Post Number: 426 Registered: 8-2003 |
I've heard several recommendations for a Hosa product called CaiLube, which I'm going to need for the pots in an old Walter Woods I just bought (yay!). | ||
| lothartu
Intermediate Member Username: lothartu Post Number: 115 Registered: 8-2003 |
Nope, not my new Alembic. Definitely not my new Alembic.  Just some closet gear that I'm trying to dust off. Thanks for the suggestions. -Jim | ||
| dfung60
Intermediate Member Username: dfung60 Post Number: 119 Registered: 5-2002 |
A common recommendation for this stuff is DeoxIt or ProGold from Caig Labs. DeoxIt seems to work pretty well for me, although it's red colored and I worry about bit about staining wood from the overspray. They sell it in spray, and liquid form and it also comes in a little pen with a fiber tip that's good for cleaning external contacts. It's great for cleaning up terminals that were crusted by a leaking battery (I will condition that by saying that it might be more the fiber tip than the cleaner that's doing a great job!). The classic recommendation is Cramolin, but I don't think that's sold any more. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1351 Registered: 9-2003 |
Good rec., David! Caig labs is the audiophile's choice for contact cleaners. Be careful, though. Contact cleaner is for contacts, not pots. Contact cleaner has no lubricants in it: it will do a super job on cleaning the pot (including removing all the old lubricant), but the pot will wear out fast! It also has to be safe for plastics as well..READ the label BEFORE you buy and spray! The proper stuff used to be called "TV tuner cleaner", but since mechanical TV tuners no longer exist, I don't know if that stuff still exists, at least under that generic name. | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1352 Registered: 9-2003 |
Sorry, duplicate post. (Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005) | ||
| kmh364
Senior Member Username: kmh364 Post Number: 1353 Registered: 9-2003 |
Here's the proper cleaner from Caig Labs, it's called CaiLube MCL or DeoxIT FaderLube: http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.293/.f Caig Labs has a bulletin in .pdf form called "Audio 911" on their site which details how to maintain faders/pots., tubes, contacts, etc. and here it is: http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.-117/it.I/id.52/.f And here's where you can buy it: http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.15/category.13/ctype.SS/SS.225/.f Personally, I recommend Audio Advisor...pricey, but good service: http://audioadvisor.com/ Cheers, Kevin (Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005) (Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005) |
