21 Feb
2002
21 Feb
'02
4:59 a.m.
Kerosine based lamp-oil is one of the best for me!
(take care not to use the stuff with colors and
nice flagrances!)
Not too fat but enough to make it work and
not much of a risk regarding solving
plastics and other fragile stuff.
There is also tuner-contact-spray in case
you have to work very delicate plastic pots
This stuff is less aggressive than your run
of the mill contact-spray.
Sipke de Wal
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Duell <ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp
Some folk on
the list from other parts of the world, such as Tony, have
not seen it by that name, and would prefer to use the actual correct
FWIW, the first time I saw the term 'Rubbing alcohol' was in an Apple ][
manual (to clean the edge connector fingers on a plug-in card). I was
`working' at a research chemical lab at the time, and the chemical stores
had no idea what 'rubbing alcohol' was (they had dozens of alcohols
available, of course). It took me quite some time to find out what was
actually needed.
chemical designations. But then again, they call
their drugstores
"chemist"s :-)
You want the ~90% stuff, not the ~70%.
I'll stick to the 99.7% stuff that comes in spray cans and is sold for
electronic/mechanical cleaning :-)
-tony