[sdiy] Cleaning Pots Properly (was: Cleaning amp potentiometers)

[harrybissell]

<blonde rant on>

I usually clean my pots with steel wook and scouring powder. There
are some 'off the shelf' products that combine steel wool with a cleaning
agent imbedded in the pad... the names "Brillo" and "SOS" come to mind
but I don't intend to invite a flame war on the relative merits of "Pink Pad"
vs "Blue Pad"  (too much like red state / blue state :^).

Some people like to use a sponge faced in Scotch-Brite which comes in various
effective 'grits'... Scotch Brite is a silicon carbide coating on a polymer base.
Nothing gets pots cleaner except DIAMOND (which is a girl's best friend, btw)

Of course this is TERRIBLE advise if the pot is TEFLON coated...  You should use
only
a nylon pad for that.

A little known technique for Aluminum pots is to boil water in them with a little
'cream of tartar' (available in the spice rack at the local supermarket) added.

Of course I HOPE you were not referring to that 'green' kind. For that I'd
recommend
an old 12" Vinyl record album cover... My personal favorite might be Cheech and
Chong's "Big Bambu"... otoh it might be hard to see those little berries on a
background like that...

Oh well I got to get back to the sink and get the rest of these dishes done...
Toodle-ooh...     ;^P

<blonde rant off>

H^) harry

"R. D. Davis" wrote:

> Quothe Gorka Garcia, from writings of Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 01:59:37AM -0700:
> > So, what is the best way of cleaning them? Contact cleaner? Is it
> > worth it or would they become scratchy again soon?
>
> With regards to cleaning pots, there appear to be many misconceptions
> as to what's right, ranging from bad to worse, such as using certain
> chemical concoctions, which eventually cause more problems, ranging
> from contact cleaner to WD40.  What one wants to use is something that
> properly restores the proper operation of the pot, such as CAILube
> from Caig Laboratories.  Check it out, it will help your pots.
>
> Ok, now some of you, you know who you are, need to write the
> following, one-hundred times, on a blackboard: "I will not use WD40 or
> contact cleaner in attempts to repair malfunctioning potentiometers."
> :-)
>
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