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I had a quick peek at the other CRC stuff and everything I saw was straight contact cleaner. Don't use that. You want something to deposit a silicone lubricant that will reduce wear. I use Caig Deoxit or MG Chemicals 404B.
Wow. So i was doing it pretty wrong then. I bought some deodorant fader lube. That might do the trick. It’s coming in on Friday so wait on bated breath
I threw my standard contact cleaners away when I found out what to use instead for what purpose.
FYI, if you might need it someday: push potentiometers (faders) can be properly cleaned with isopropyl spray and then you have to add a bit of vaseline spray. Bye bye, crackling sounds! (Did also work great with the drawbars of my vintage KORG BX-3 organ.)
And while we're at it: most jacks don't need a replacement if they are simply dirty. My standard procedure is to apply pure isopropyl alcohol on a trumpet mouthpiece brush and swirl it inside the crackling jack. So many used pedals arrived with unreliable contacts at my home. All of them work like new again.
Pepe wrote:And while we're at it: most jacks don't need a replacement if they are simply dirty. My standard procedure is to apply pure isopropyl alcohol on a trumpet mouthpiece brush and swirl it inside the crackling jack.
.223 cleaning brushes work wonders as well, probably easier to find in a hardware store stateside.
MechaGodzilla wrote:Oh I'm in the UK and I've just finished a can of WD40 branded contact cleaner (used to stop my mustang switches sticking/mitigate wahwah scratchiness)
Yeah, the wd40 stuff (NOT the wd40 spray, just a branded electrical contact cleaner) was like £5 and lasted over a year, so 20-25 for a similar quantity of deoxit seems too steep. Maybe I need to go to a DJ tech shop and ask about what people use on old analogue mixers.
Good pots are really expensive. I have an SG that needs new guts. 4xCTS pots, and switchcraft jack & switch and I'm looking at ~£50 posted from UK suppliers. It's enough to make a man buy alpha!
crochambeau wrote:I recently had to offset another mounting point inside of a build, and to do so utilized the pots as mounting points for structural members. You could do something similar with a hole punch and some old beer cans.
chochambeau. turning pot woes into pot wows since 2017. nice work lol.
