[sdiy] Re: [AH] conductive paint / key pad switch repair

[Thomas Holley]

There is a conductive paint used to shield guitar cavities that is made with
carbon. I bet it would work right. You can find it at guitar repair shops or
supply houses.

Thomas
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rude 66" <r.lekx at chello.nl>
To: "dave" <dave at 22host24.com>; <analogue at hyperreal.org>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 9:55 AM
Subject: [sdiy] Re: [AH] conductive paint / key pad switch repair


>
> on the contrary, dave. i'm awaiting your result with just as much
> anticipation as you. my cr8000 suffers from the same problem, and i have
> fewer and fewer switches working. mine has a hard life being used live all
> the time..
> i've always heard the switches were impossible to come by. however,
> yesterday on total coincidence is saw a cr8000 advertized on a dutch
> website, which specifically mentioned that all the switches had been
> replaced by roland benelux. since there was no picture, i don't know
whether
> the originals have been put back, or something else. ..
>
> ruud
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "dave" <dave at 22host24.com>
> To: <analogue at hyperreal.org>
> Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:32 PM
> Subject: [AH] conductive paint / key pad switch repair
>
>
> Hey all Ive got a few cr-8000 drum machines with one of them having 100%
> dead switches! I have been experimenting with fixing them.It seems to be
the
> rubber/carbon contact that has gone. I have had success with a kind of
bodge
> job but works wekk it seems (how long for I do not know) by super glueing
a
> peice of aluminium foil to the rubber contact. This gives a connection
> easily. I have also purchased some conductive paint. The silver type, this
> is drying at the moment, It hasnt dried for longer than 2 hours at most .
It
> seems dryish but dosent seem to conduct yet  (I havent reassembled the
> switch but checked with a multimeter) I presume this stuff really works
and
> it is just that I have to wait 24 hours for it to dry (this is in the
> instructions but it dosent say it wouldnt conduct before...) I guess I am
> just impatient and probaly wasting peoples time writing such an email .
> Buuuuuut any advise on whether this is the case or not would be great.
> Or anyone knowing of a source for replacement switches... not from the guy
> on ebay who charges £3 a switch... would be excellent too.
>
>
> phew....
> dave
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