Deoxit?

[Talldog]

Hello tapedogs. I've seen alot of posts regarding deoxit, including a great one that Cory (I think) posted with pics of where to spray and how to do it. My question may sound stupid but......What is it and where do I get it? My 24 year old board has some stiffness and scratchiness (ok, not as much as me but I'm almost twice as old) and I'd like to fix it. And yes, showering helps but I doubt the desk would like it..........

[sweetbeats]

Heheeheeheh...

It is made by Caig Laboratories...There are actually several versions.

Caig Lab's Website

There's the contact cleaner, and the Faderlube...use the former for cleaning connections and jacks and such, and the latter for pots and faders. I think either will benefit either, but I'm sure it couldn't hurt to use them as designated.

I was able to purchase mine locally at an electronics shop, so start there. If you're having trouble finding it locally post back. There are lots of places you can order from on the web.

Hope that helps.

Be careful with the pots (IMO) and the tightness...I think that is dried grease in the shaft...resist the temptation to try and blow cleaner in from the top and try to clean all that out. My theory is that if you do that you're going to do two bad things...blow grease and dirt down into the pot, and eliminate the barrier that keeps dirt from getting into the pot. I've found that by injecting the cleaner/lubricant directly into the body of the pot, and positioning the pot so that the cleaner can drain away from the resistive element(s) that it is most effective in eliminating the "crunchies" from the pot performance, and I think a little bit of the lube/cleaner leaches into the pot shaft housing and softens the grease as you exercise...if it is still tight then I clean off the threaded portion of the pot as good as I can using some window cleaner on a rag and then dribble a little cleaner/lube where the shaft goes into the pot and exercise it some more and that has pretty much done the trick from me. I've had the most trouble eliminating static/crunch from mic trim pots, but somebody said somewhere that that may be related to bad caps, and I haven't been able to test that theory yet (i.e. clean the pot, still crunchy, recap the preamp and see if its better...)

Good luck, and congrats again on the acquisition of the 110 (saw your post about that). That's a chunk-o-deck!

[Tom_B]

That stuff's great. I can't tell you how many 'dead' pots I've salvaged using it... I think I saw it once at Radio Shack, but it was part of some combo kit or something. I ended up buying it from parts express. Though the shipping is always killer.

[Talldog]

Should I get the 5% or 100% solution?

[Tom_B]

uh... I'm not sure which it is. I didn't know they offered two different kinds. This is what I bought (and it works great):

http://www.parts-express.com/pe/psho...02&ctab=1#Tabs

[Talldog]

That's the 5% one. I got that one too.

[Sailjunkie]

I get them at Guitar Center. You can also order from GC online (unless of course you have issues with Guitar Center...which I know a few people on this site do...).