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hi all,
what pot cleaner is the best to use, i've tried IPA spray, careclean, some other servisol gear,
i'm trying to clean the fader pots on a trident tsm eq, but i also need the spray to have some lubricating action to keep the pots from scratching. is there a specific pot cleaner, or should i blast them with IPA, and then with some WD40 ?
in where i work, i normally use castrol careclean, but is this a bit strong a chemical to use ?
any info would be great
Steve [img]graemlins/peace.gif[/img]
Kontakt Chemie - Kontakt 600 "tuner" for cleaning, Kontakt 60 for a bit of lubricating.
Or - if you can get it - EuroQuem "Dare Special". This is a very good cleaner.
btw, I don't think you'll need any lubrication for cleaning faders. If they need mechanical lubrication, use vaseline for that.
Jakob E.
Jacob :D
In my early days I used som universal oil to clean and lubricate the old pots in my 60' bass amp.
It worked good and still works today but I think that next time I will read on the bottle to see if there's anything in it that can distroy the pot. [img]graemlins/silly.gif[/img]
Happy NewYear!! [img]graemlins/beerchug.gif[/img]
DAW - Digital Audio Waste
Years ago in another life an amp tech told me WD-40 conducts electricity. I've never been able to confirm or deny that, but he was right about so many other things. So I took his word for fact. If anyone has data to the contrary, please share.
Until then, you might want to be careful spraying wd-40; you could turn a pot into a short.
-neil
Don't use WD40!! My current favourite is Deoxit D5 from Caig Labs, works a treat, worked very well on some '70s AB pots recently, they sound and feel like new.
The best cleaner I've used was a Philips cleaner, but I can't get it in Blighty any more, any overseas folk know where it can be found?
"actually, I'm not a trained technician at all, I used to play piano in a brothel but business was bad, so..."
Kid,
If you are in South Wales (GB) give these people a call:
Probus Electronics
0208-866-7272
"actually, I'm not a trained technician at all, I used to play piano in a brothel but business was bad, so..."
DeOxit D5 is fabulous for rotary pots, but don't use it in faders. It wrecks them. I speak from experience.
Deoxitt can ruin pots too....from experience; it seems to break down the lubricant in the pot making it succeptible to seizing. I've had bad luck with it on 'sealed' pots, but I bet it works fairly well on the open types.
First, make sure that your pots actually are scratchy, and that it's not DC leaking into the pot from a failed/leaky coupling cap upstream. Next, exercise the pot...push the dust and dirt to the ends of the travel, that can make it useable for a while.
My current attitude is to replace pots once they become scratchy.
Cheers,
Kris
Can anyone explain why D5 trashes faders but not pots? I would have thought they are the same thing, difference being that one has a circular track and other a straight track.Originally posted by NewYorkDave:
DeOxit D5 is fabulous for rotary pots, but don't use it in faders. It wrecks them. I speak from experience.
I've trashed some expensive faders with Electrolube...Having said that I know engineers that recommend the stuff, so it seems everyone has their own experience and opinion on this issue. What was it Dirty Harry said?
"actually, I'm not a trained technician at all, I used to play piano in a brothel but business was bad, so..."
LPS 1 by Morgan labs..
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