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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>I have had this same thing happen. I have
the perfect solution. On my Gemini mixer, I had a funky cross-fader.
There is a spray cleaner for guitars called (strangly enough) Guitar contact
cleaner, you should be able to find it at most music stores with any kind of
guitar tech. That cleans it up wonderfully (it is ment for guitar pots and
any moving electronic pots) as it is a spray liquid that evaporates and leaves
no residue.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> After I cleaned up ALL of the
sliders and got the funk out of them, I took a chance and used, guess what,
WD-40. The slliders never felt better and never sounded as good
(er...never sounded so transparent). I would definatly recomend the LIQUID
guitar pot cleaner to anybody for regular maintainance of pots and sliders, and
would also recomend WD-40 to those adventuresome ones who what fluid movement of
their sliders. : )</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2> I just wanted to clear up the
question with my road-tested experience of my solution. Hope it works for
you.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>P.S. I would NEVER put powder or dust in
my pots or sliders ON PURPOSE!!!</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>