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Collapsed Foam

Collapsed Foam

2006-07-30 by atienne55

Greetings to all, my first post.  I have a Roland Jupiter-6 that has 
been stored in an Anvil case undisturbed for at least the last 8 
years.  There is an oscillator tracking problem with it and repairs 
have been on the back burner.  Finally settled down enough to fix and 
today I opened the case only to discover that the case foam has 
completely collapsed.  I carefully removed the unit from the case and 
vacuumed as much of the crumbled foam as possible.  Does anyone know 
what the best process to clean the unit (outside first and then 
inside).  Would like to redeem myself and save if from the spare-parts 
graveyard.  Thanks!

Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Collapsed Foam

2006-07-30 by Antoine DeschĂȘnes

vacuum works, just make sure you don't remove parts with it.

atienne55 a \ufffdcrit :
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> Greetings to all, my first post.  I have a Roland Jupiter-6 that has 
> been stored in an Anvil case undisturbed for at least the last 8 
> years.  There is an oscillator tracking problem with it and repairs 
> have been on the back burner.  Finally settled down enough to fix and 
> today I opened the case only to discover that the case foam has 
> completely collapsed.  I carefully removed the unit from the case and 
> vacuumed as much of the crumbled foam as possible.  Does anyone know 
> what the best process to clean the unit (outside first and then 
> inside).  Would like to redeem myself and save if from the spare-parts 
> graveyard.  Thanks!
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RE: [vintagesynthrepair] Collapsed Foam

2006-07-30 by timothy kosiorek

Hello:I had the same thing happen to me,I just vacuumed out the case the 
best I could and took a rag and rubbed the rest of the loose sticky stuff 
off the best I could,I also used a putty knife in some spots,then I went to 
a craft store and bought some foam rubber in big pieces about the same 
thickness as the original foam and cut it to fit the keyboard and glued it 
in over the sticky residue that was still in the case,its a messy job thats 
best done outdoors,but it worked out ok.
Regards,
Tim K.

direct link to my Ebay store.
http://www.sonicelectronicmusic.com
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>From: "atienne55" <atienne55@...>
>Reply-To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>To: vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [vintagesynthrepair] Collapsed Foam
>Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 19:58:21 -0000
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>Greetings to all, my first post.  I have a Roland Jupiter-6 that has
>been stored in an Anvil case undisturbed for at least the last 8
>years.  There is an oscillator tracking problem with it and repairs
>have been on the back burner.  Finally settled down enough to fix and
>today I opened the case only to discover that the case foam has
>completely collapsed.  I carefully removed the unit from the case and
>vacuumed as much of the crumbled foam as possible.  Does anyone know
>what the best process to clean the unit (outside first and then
>inside).  Would like to redeem myself and save if from the spare-parts
>graveyard.  Thanks!
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>Yahoo! Groups Links
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