Vintage Synth Repair

In a message dated Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:59:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, tom@... writes:

> (http://www.synthservices.com/fx  the last two pictures on the page).
> 
> What's the best way to clean this up?  Distilled water?  
> Isopropyl
> alcohol?  Flux Off?   ???

Sandblaster?  ;-)  It depends on the amount of tar in the goo mixture, but I've had great luck with an air compressor from the local gas station.  A drummer I used to know turned me on to that trick, and I didn't believe him... until he got rid of ten years of gunk out of six power amps.  They were literally as clean as new.

Perhaps someone else has a better suggestion if there's a bunch of tar in the goo, but it's worth a try.

-Craig