alexoosthoek
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contact cleaner
How many of you can do without it when recording?
Regards,
Alex
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 17:20:00
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Well, I've got a couple cans of different types around, but I can't think of the last time I've actually used any.
Which is kinda odd when I think about it - Phoenix is so dusty a glass of water crunches...
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 17:29:40
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Bought a new one this afternoon, one of the guitars crackled like a pair of new shoes   Regards, Alex
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The Maillard Reaction
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 18:50:10
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I try to avoid contact cleaner unless I really know that it will not harm what's inside the potentiometer or connector.
I usually just use repeated motion to clean the contacts.
best regards,
mike
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 19:01:57
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Well, this guy was happily spraying along without switching of his amp. , not my kind of thing.
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Alex
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Guitarhacker
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 19:04:30
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I use it on my amp... and guitar pots from time to time when they get scratchy...or stiff. No problem...cleans and loosens....
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 19:21:52
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I tried to help a friend out with his Marshall once.
My "TV Tuner cleaner" (Which worked fine on all the common Clarostat pots) melted the guts of my buddies pots. Yuk!!!
I learned a real hard lesson on that one.
The trouble is I've yet to find a great way to know what's going to work or not... so I shy away from it unless it's a familiar component and a familiar spray.
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 19:29:00
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What was in that cleaner  ? , never heard of contact cleaner melted anything but some plastics. Regards, Alex
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/28 19:55:01
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ORIGINAL: mike_mccue
I tried to help a friend out with his Marshall once.
My "TV Tuner cleaner" (Which worked fine on all the common Clarostat pots) melted the guts of my buddies pots. Yuk!!!
I learned a real hard lesson on that one.
The trouble is I've yet to find a great way to know what's going to work or not... so I shy away from it unless it's a familiar component and a familiar spray.
Oh, great, now you tell me. ;>) I just sprayed a bunch of De Ox Id Series Two contact cleaner into my Mesa Blue Angel's scratchy volume and tone controls. Seems to have done the trick really well. I sure hope that I won't find out tomorrow that the pots are all toast now...... Yikes. ;>) Best regards, Bill
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/29 15:14:04
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sometimes it does more harm than good and sometimes it works
but you never know. spraying sometimes only moves things and
the "particals" remain in the pot (pot) is short for poteincyometer
how ever you spell that.
some have a grease (or at least they used to) on the shaft and
spraying desolves or moves that grease. sometimes dust isnt
the cause its loosing "contact" from wear or poor quality.
some company makes a high quality cleaner that is done in
two or three stages using a saringe. one liqued does one thing then another cleans off the first liqued etc.
even cleaners leave a residue so the residue needs cleaning too
crazy aint it? some pots have openings in the case where the
spray can escape. the more "closed the pot is the more "stuff"
stays in there.
i got so fed up one time with a scratchy 24 chaneel mixer not
getting any better after spraying that i took it apart to the circuit
board and showerd it with automotive break cleaner.
it worked. but dont try that or you may have a hunk of melted
"mess" and id never do that again but at the time i was at a loss
because nothing worked.
back in the days cleaners had an ingredeint that did a good job
but regulations changed that. i guess my whole point is research
the subject.
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/29 18:20:20
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Once, back about 10 years ago, I bought some hard contacts. The best vision I ever had since passing 20.
I had an ear infection. The doctor gave me this bottle of drops that was supposed to dry my ear out. It looked exactly like the bottle of drops for the wetting solution for the hard contacts.
I went to a wedding (and Indian one - which last forever - like truly almost eternal) and grabbed my little bottle for my contacts - so I thought. After being there on day 2 for like 10 hours, and having occasionally wet my eyes with the wrong drops, I went to the bathroom to really soak my contacts and my eyes. I nearly blinded myself. Bloodshot eyes, dry and itchy....
When I realized my folly, I used about an entire vial of murine or something comparable to fix my eyes back up. My optimist had to literally boil my contacts to get the ear drops out of them.
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/29 18:47:51
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I went to the bathroom to really soak my contacts and my eyes. I nearly blinded myself. Some guy couple of years ago did the same with his contacts, and superglue, by mistake. Don't think he got that lucky. I have contacts too, and that newsbit really gave me the creeps for a sec. Meh.
I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/29 23:50:37
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ORIGINAL: mike_mccue
I try to avoid contact cleaner unless I really know that it will not harm what's inside the potentiometer or connector.
I usually just use repeated motion to clean the contacts.
best regards,
mike
+1
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/30 16:27:44
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sometimes it does more harm than good and sometimes it works
but you never know. spraying sometimes only moves things and
the "particals" remain in the pot (pot) is short for poteincyometer
how ever you spell that. I found that most of the time it works fine, just turn the pot for a while and let it dry. Once, back about 10 years ago, I bought some hard contacts. The best vision I ever had since passing 20.
I had an ear infection. The doctor gave me this bottle of drops that was supposed to dry my ear out. It looked exactly like the bottle of drops for the wetting solution for the hard contacts.
I went to a wedding (and Indian one - which last forever - like truly almost eternal) and grabbed my little bottle for my contacts - so I thought. After being there on day 2 for like 10 hours, and having occasionally wet my eyes with the wrong drops, I went to the bathroom to really soak my contacts and my eyes. I nearly blinded myself. Bloodshot eyes, dry and itchy....
When I realized my folly, I used about an entire vial of murine or something comparable to fix my eyes back up. My optimist had to literally boil my contacts to get the ear drops out of them. Yikes that must have hurt! quote:
I went to the bathroom to really soak my contacts and my eyes. I nearly blinded myself.
Some guy couple of years ago did the same with his contacts, and superglue, by mistake. That too, man, superglue  quote:
ORIGINAL: alexoosthoek
Bought a new one this afternoon, one of the guitars crackled like a pair of new shoes
Regards,
Alex
Don't you mean clogs??
Hey Jo, No they don't crackle, they just hurt your feet  Regards, Alex
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/30 16:51:33
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ORIGINAL: space_cowboy
Once, back about 10 years ago, I bought some hard contacts. The best vision I ever had since passing 20.
I had an ear infection. The doctor gave me this bottle of drops that was supposed to dry my ear out. It looked exactly like the bottle of drops for the wetting solution for the hard contacts.
I went to a wedding (and Indian one - which last forever - like truly almost eternal) and grabbed my little bottle for my contacts - so I thought. After being there on day 2 for like 10 hours, and having occasionally wet my eyes with the wrong drops, I went to the bathroom to really soak my contacts and my eyes. I nearly blinded myself. Bloodshot eyes, dry and itchy....
When I realized my folly, I used about an entire vial of murine or something comparable to fix my eyes back up. My optimist had to literally boil my contacts to get the ear drops out of them.
I said hey space Where you goin with those drops in you hand? I said hey space Where you goin with those drops in you hand? I'm gonna see clearly Gonna make my two eyes all right again I'm gonna see clearly Gonna make my two eyes all right again Ow, I got the wrong drops. (sung to Hey Joe)
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/03/30 21:45:22
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Good one Ed (my name) and it is funny now, but it was totally not funny back then. Like when you have a bad zipper accident. You can look back on that and laugh and laugh and maybe it doesnt hurt so much now days but at the time you wanted to die. Yep. Eyes. Zipper. Hard call.
post edited by space_cowboy - 2009/03/30 22:05:47
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 05:23:08
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 06:10:04
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I hardly ever use it, only if I have no time to replace the offending part. That cleaner stuff can be pretty corrosive, especially if you don't know the actual ingredients, as Mike found out, and gets 'addictive' in the sense you use it more and more often.
I'm a perfectionist, and perfect is a skinned knee.
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 09:16:24
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I use Isopropyl alcohol and blow it out with an air puffer I use to bow dust particles off the sensor and mirror in my cameras.
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 16:54:18
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It worked very well for a 25 year old fender, so the stuff I bought can't be all that bad.
Regards,
Alex
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 16:56:58
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ORIGINAL: Desperate Dan
One Word *SERVISOL*
I think that is what I got. Regards, Alex
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 18:06:47
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My optimist had to literally boil my contacts to get the ear drops out of them. at least he wasn't a pessamist!
Still raining...still dreaming!
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 18:18:54
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ORIGINAL: i8ipop
My optimist had to literally boil my contacts to get the ear drops out of them.
at least he wasn't a pessamist!
 good one, did'n see that But hey, as roflcopter said I speak Klingon not English. Regards, Alex
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/04 22:27:15
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ORIGINAL: alexoosthoek
It worked very well for a 25 year old fender, so the stuff I bought can't be all that bad.
Regards,
Alex
FWIW a 25 year old Fender has the aforementioned Clarostat brand pots.
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alexoosthoek
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RE: contact cleaner
2009/04/05 15:10:37
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ORIGINAL: mike_mccue
ORIGINAL: alexoosthoek
It worked very well for a 25 year old fender, so the stuff I bought can't be all that bad.
Regards,
Alex
FWIW a 25 year old Fender has the aforementioned Clarostat brand pots.
Must have been the guitar player's lucky day, thanks for letting me know! Regards, Alex
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