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Alembic products => Alembic Basses & Guitars => Topic started by: lothartu on December 01, 2005, 10:18:10 AM

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: lothartu on December 01, 2005, 10:18:10 AM

What would you suggest for a good spray contact cleaner?  (something to get the scratch out of various pots)
 
-Jim

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: David Houck on December 01, 2005, 12:38:08 PM

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.

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: kungfusheriff on December 01, 2005, 01:01:21 PM

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!).

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: lothartu on December 01, 2005, 03:09:40 PM

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

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: dfung60 on December 01, 2005, 06:16:23 PM

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.

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: kmh364 on December 02, 2005, 04:52:31 AM

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.

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: kmh364 on December 02, 2005, 05:00:59 AM

Sorry, duplicate post.
 
(Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005)

Title: A Good Contact cleaner?
Post by: kmh364 on December 02, 2005, 05:09:53 AM

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 (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 (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 (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/ (http://audioadvisor.com/)
 
 
Cheers,
 
Kevin
 
(Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005)
 
(Message edited by kmh364 on December 02, 2005)