[sdiy] Cleaning scratchy pots

[Ben Stuyts]

I believe D5 is for switches and F5 is for pots.

Ben


> On 5 Jan 2020, at 19:24, Peter Pearson <electrocontinuo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 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 <mailto: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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