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OT off topic - Contact cleaner

2006-08-02 by Martin Phillips

Hello, I'm posting this question on this forum, rather than any of the other synth lists I 
subscribe to, simply because it strikes me as the "nicest", most helpful one of the lot.

So apologies if this is of no interest to you, though I think that as we are all gearheads your 
answers might be helpful to quite a few people.

I just bought some contact cleaner, in a spray can ("Servisol Super 10 switch-cleaning 
lubricant"), because a lot of my gear has got dusty up in the attic, particularly my mixing 
desk, one channel of which seems to have stopped working altogether. I'm hoping I can get it 
working again by opening it up and giving it a good spray, but I've never used this stuff 
before. My question is: is there anything in particular I should look out for, or avoid, when 
spraying this stuff? Is it really safe just to blast away and try to clear out any grime and dust?

And, er, to try to make it a bit more on-topic, would the innards (and, er, outards) of the 
AN1x benefit from this stuff at all? Or maybe just the connectors at the back, i.e. the 
analogue bits?

Can I be trigger-happy with my spray can?

Thanks,
Martin

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