[sdiy] Cleaning scratchy pots

[Peter Pearson]

What you’re looking for is Deoxit D5.  You just spray it inside the pot and
turn it a few times.  Works great.

On Sun, Jan 5, 2020 at 07:13 Antti Pitkämäki <anpitkam at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I'm about to clean a scratchy volume pot of my Korg Polysix. I was
> thinking of dismantling the pot and using isoprophyl alcohol to clean the
> wiper contacts. However, am I also supposed to add some very small amount
> of lubricant (such as PRF Kontakt 7-78) to the contacts after cleaning or
> would it be better to leave it dry?
>
> Also, in general do new factory fresh pots have lubricant on the contacts
> or are they dry?
>
> I'm asking these questions because no amount of googling seems to give a
> definite answer, but if there is an answer somewhere, it's in this group
> 🙂
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Antti
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