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decadex
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HOw the hell do you guys keep dust away from your equipment. It seems like every freaking day a layer of dust collects on my stuff... suggestions?
esactun
New member
Get a dust cover, or use a tarp or something like that to keep the dust off. Or, if you don't have a lot of stuff, put 'em back in their boxes. Or, dust and vaccuum a lot.
Is there a less-dusty place you can work in?
My problem is not so much dust as it is cat hair....
Is there a less-dusty place you can work in?
My problem is not so much dust as it is cat hair....
TexRoadkill
Audio Bum
Here in AZ dust is a big problem. I still haven't figured out the best way to clean a large mixer. Anybody use any fancy little vaccums or anything?
Seanmorse79
New member
I have a little battery-powered vaccuum that works pretty well on the mixer. It's tedious, but it does the trick. I keep a large fabric cover over the mixer & rack, attached with velcro. It's not too bad if I keep the cover on, but I have been known to get lazy sometimes 
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Dani Pace
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I've been accused of using garbage bags and duck tape to keep dust and moisture oway from just about everything. Seriously those vinyl dust covers with the elastic strip around the bottom work pretty well.
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Dani Pace
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I've been accused of using garbage bags and duck tape to keep dust and moisture oway from just about everything. Seriously those vinyl dust covers with the elastic strip around the bottom work pretty well.
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NEB
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I heat strickly with a wood stove and you would not believe the soot I can wipe off my computer screen everyday. It help to change the furnice filter, or vacum it often.
knightfly
GrouchyOldFartOnBatteries
Most vacuums put out more crap than they take in, unless they are TRUE hepa rated, which are several hundred $ -
Short term, the way I got around it is I went to an industrial hose and coupling supply and bought a 30 foot extension hose for my shop vac - when I vacuum gear, I put the shop vac outside and run the hose thru the door or a window, so the exhaust goes somewhere besides back into the room.
The other thing I did was buy 4 2" soft paint brushes and taped them around an extension wand, to make a softer dusting brush so it doesn't scratch the LCD panels, etc -
It's not good to use compressed air for dusting, especially for a mixer - the faders are usually the most susceptible to dust getting into the slots, and the more dust they get the sooner they will fail (Snap, Crackle, Pop)
Ideally, a built-in vacuum system is best - that way, the exhaust ALWAYS goes outside.
Other than that, the thin painter's plastic drop cloths seem to conform to gear better and keep out more dust when not using the studio. My setup consists of an analog tape rack on one side of the mix desk and an identical rack for procs on the other, with separate key stack and E-drum kit - each separate "island" gets its own drop cloth when I'm not using it. I take the cloths outside when I want to shake them off.
What can I say? "All we are is dust in the wind"... Steve
Short term, the way I got around it is I went to an industrial hose and coupling supply and bought a 30 foot extension hose for my shop vac - when I vacuum gear, I put the shop vac outside and run the hose thru the door or a window, so the exhaust goes somewhere besides back into the room.
The other thing I did was buy 4 2" soft paint brushes and taped them around an extension wand, to make a softer dusting brush so it doesn't scratch the LCD panels, etc -
It's not good to use compressed air for dusting, especially for a mixer - the faders are usually the most susceptible to dust getting into the slots, and the more dust they get the sooner they will fail (Snap, Crackle, Pop)
Ideally, a built-in vacuum system is best - that way, the exhaust ALWAYS goes outside.
Other than that, the thin painter's plastic drop cloths seem to conform to gear better and keep out more dust when not using the studio. My setup consists of an analog tape rack on one side of the mix desk and an identical rack for procs on the other, with separate key stack and E-drum kit - each separate "island" gets its own drop cloth when I'm not using it. I take the cloths outside when I want to shake them off.
What can I say? "All we are is dust in the wind"... Steve