Which electrical contact cleaner for amp pots?

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Re: Which electrical contact cleaner for amp pots?

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Dharmajester wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:14 pm Deoxit do a version called I think fader cleaner. Intended for mixing desk faders etc. I have been informed that other cleaners leave a residue. The fader cleaner doesn't. It is of course ridiculously expensive, as is the postage from the US..
Pot and fader cleaners are supposed to leave a residue, it lubricates and stops further corrosion.

I guess you could use a cleaner without residue than add fader lube afterwards, but why make it more complicated and expensive :winky:
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Re: Which electrical contact cleaner for amp pots?

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FuzzMonkey wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 7:19 pm
Dharmajester wrote: Wed Nov 29, 2023 6:14 pm Deoxit do a version called I think fader cleaner. Intended for mixing desk faders etc. I have been informed that other cleaners leave a residue. The fader cleaner doesn't. It is of course ridiculously expensive, as is the postage from the US..
These are based in New Zealand and carry the Deoxit range:

https://www.synergyelectronics.co.nz/st ... l-cleaning

You need to pay the delivery charge for Dangerous Goods if you buy the aerosol cans.
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