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Subject: RE: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement

From: Arturo B <arturo00@hotmail.com>
Date: 2010-12-02

My concern was more that they'd fall off...

But thanks for the positive report. I'll be contacting him shortly!

Arturo.....

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Arturo Brisindi

[Musics]
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[Studios]
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> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> From: backshall1@bellsouth.net
> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:46:26 -0500
> Subject: RE: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement
>
> Yes, these are the contacts from Bob at SoundDoctorin. I've had good luck
> with Polysix contacts with just isopropyl alcohol, but I have one of those
> Juno D's with the notorious contacts that just won't clean up and I used a
> set of Bob's stick-on contacts on it. That was in May, and it's still
> working perfectly. They are very thin and the adhesive is even thinner, so
> there wouldn't be much to clean up if you had to remove them, although I
> don't know why you would want to.
>
> Don B.
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> From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Arturo B
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:54 PM
> To: polysix@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement
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> Not sure if this has been discussed on here before, but it looks like a
> worthwhile solution. This fellow says he has material made for/by NASA that
> he's using to overlay onto his Polysix contacts (and any other keybeds that
> use the same type of dome contacts...there's a list in the video write up).
> He says that they have the same properties as the original material and that
> they work very well. Just wondering if anyone's tried these. I'd really like
> to give them a whirl cos I'm really sick of my contacts constantly going on
> me.
>
> My only concern is that if these things fail and you have to remove them (or
> if they fall off), you'll be stuck with this sticky goo from the 3M adhesive
> he's put on the material so it'll stick to surfaces.
>
> http://www.sounddoctorin.com
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJarAWE-Uyo
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJarAWE-Uyo&NR=1> &NR=1
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> Aside from this, what else is recommended? Rubbing Alcohol/isopropyl? Light
> sand paper? Erasers (which I find only lasts a few days/weeks? I was told
> that lighter fluid is good to clean the bus bar and J wires of my Prophet 5.
> Would that work on the Polysix type contacts too?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Arturo.....
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> Arturo Brisindi
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