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- Subject: Re: Question: What to lubricate plastic pots with?
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- Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 03:21:06 PST
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- tome@cs.umr.edu (Tom Erb) writes:
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- > I know, it's really a clause in the subject line, but I think it gets the
- > point across.
- >
- > I maintain a small FM radio station, and we have many conductive plastic
- > potentiometers in our mixing boards. These things are fairly expensive.
- > They get noisy after a while, but if I take them apart and clean/lubricate
- > them, they never feel nearly as smooth as they did before. I've tried using
- > "Big Bath" from ECG, and some other chemical from ECG that said "Cleans and
- > lubricates potentiometers." I haven't taken apart any of the expensive slide
- > pots yet as they haven't caused any problems, but the rotary pots have.
- >
- > Reply by posting or email, I'll post a summary of any emailed responses.
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- Try cleaning them as usual and then lubericating with Breakfree CLP,
- make sure it's the CLP and not regular Breakfree. It's teflon in
- suspension and after the recomended 2 hour curing time (If you can't have
- the board down that long, you can use it immediately) it leaves a
- nice teflon residue that doesn't seem to conduct (no shorting pots.)
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- See your local gun shop for this stuff, better bicycle shops may also
- have it. Regular Breakfree works also, but is more like a light oil with
- teflon in suspension and it doesn't cure.
-
- It should be safe for plastic pots, I use it in my slides with no
- problems, as well as my firearms.
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