![]() Always read labels and dont use a brake cleaner that attacks plastics if there are any in the switch phenolic and ceramic are safe. On band and other open switches that are really filthy with greasy contanimants I'll use a store brand disc brake cleaner to clean down to bare metal and then D-100L to deoxidize. ![]() The only place I regularly use a spray is to get into pots, sealed control switches and the like and the CRC products as mentioned have been my choices for many decades. This is the one I use for initial cleaning on any metal including automotive connectors.įor long term protection after cleaning this is what I use.Įxpensive yes, but it will last for several years even in a high volume enviroment such as mine where there is always a backlog. ![]() In the Gold series silver is just one of the metals to protect after cleaning with the D series. Nowhere does it say anything about silver for the D series. DeoxIT Gold G100S-2 Spray, Contact Cleaner/Enhancer/Protector for Gold Surfaces, 57g, Metered One-Shot Valve, 100 Solution, Non-Drip, Pack of 1. It is designed to reduce silver salts to metallic silver, regardless of the specific composition of the salt. Yes, DeOxit can be used on non-silver contacts, but it's much more expensive than more appropriate choices. I make my own "Q tips" from a bit of cotton on a skewer or toothpick, much smaller than the commercial item, wastes less cleaner and gets into smaller spaces without snagging on rotary switch contacts. After a wipe with DeOxit the contact improved considerably, even though the surface didn't look any different.īack to the question, you can spray on a Q tip if you have a light finger on the trigger. Contact wasn't very good with light pressure. "Gramolin" became "Cramolin" which more recently became DeOxit when the US importer broke off from the German parent (it's still Cramolin there, or was several years ago).Īs an experiment once I took a piece of brass sheet and touched ohmmeter probes to it. I presume it was from "Gramme Ring" and "olein," the German for oleic acid. I once ran across a circa-1930 European trademark registration for "Gramolin," a treatment for DC motor commutators. It is very difficult to find a vintage equipment nowadays that's in prime condition nowadays and I really need it to run 100% because I have a full blown analog recording station.Mmm, that silver cleaner sounds more like the L&R Dip I have a bottle of, with ingredients thiourea and sulfuric acid. Most of my gears are over 30 years old and bought most of then at that time especially the cassette decks, expanders and EQ's. or atleast you can follow up later on with deoxite if you don't have any right now. The right way to do it, air clean first, cleaner then right after it dries up follow then with deoxite just give it a few droplets, Bingo that can last 10 years. The closest one that you can get here that's Ive tried is a sprayon 2020 and I believe I've tried crc blue before (very shortly) that's pretty good and safe too. ![]() It is very difficult to find a vintage equipment nowadays that's in prime condition nowadays and I really need it to run 100% because I have a full blown analog recording station. Most of my gears are over 30 years old and bought most of them at that time especially the cassette decks, expanders and EQ's. or atleast you can follow up later on with deoxite if you want or don't have any right now. The right way to do it, air clean first, cleaner then right after it dries up follow then with deoxite just give it a few droplets, Bingo that can last 10 years. Unique contact cleaner, rejuvenator, conductivity enhancer and. Some of those gears are self lubricating and its really important to pay attention in details. The reason why, there there are some plastic gear parts that are silicone based and some expensive plastic like acetal that you don't want to dehydrate and crack in time. This is really good and very safe for plastics. The one that I been using for decades is not even available in the US but if you want to know its called spra-kleen contact cleaner. ![]()
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