how to clean the rotaries?

[paranoiddancer]

I´ve got an old (however, I think very good) mixer - > intimidation blue < - and the rotaries scratch... Have already opened the mixer and cleaned the board and fader/rotaries with specialcleaner/contaktspray.they can also be served again perfectly soft as butter, but the rotaries scratch as before!! I suppose that they are extreemely dusty, so that also any contact spray helps any more... I ask myself whether one rotary also completely can be take apart and thoroughly cleaned+new oiled.has someone already made this? I suppose if I must exchange them,i`ll receive no more rotaries from this model (intimidation blue it is not produced any more...) it would be brilliantly if someone from Munich could help me,so I could bring him/her the mixer... However,I am grateful about every help in this thing!!!

[mr_chombee]

never use contact spray for that! it just helps you to destroy your mixer even more. you should take the mixer to a professional cleaning service. as far as I know, they put the pots into a special acid bath. it might cost some money, but it's definitely worth it. I've just cleaned my 909 and all pots are like new...

[FORMAT]

Follow mr_chombee's advice - he definitely knows what he's talking about. I live in munich too - so feel free to contact me and drop by anytime - though a cup of coffee is probably the only "technical support" I can provide :)

Cheers

[ischo]

"ultraschall-bad" is the thing your lookin for. grab your desk, roll on over to your nearest music-shop (or call in advance). they usually
provide the technical cleaning. I've even heard of, eh, optiker,
who do this. it'll cost y'around 150 €, but it's always worth it.
I've got stripped 'o my money after letting all 40 channels of my studer-desk get ultraschall-cleaned. puhh.

[FORMAT]

There you go, that's the way to do it

Ischo - we got in touch via the Ableton board on the topic of notebooks right? I still don't have one, but I am probably gonna get the Sony with 16 inch screen, you mentioned a friend who has it and that Live ran on it without a hiccup right?


Cheers,

[ischo]

yepp,

like nothin' i've seen before. but don't forget about the 5 kilos ;-)
cheerio

[paranoiddancer]

yesterday I took one poti withe me into some electronic shops here...the only thing compatible I found were some 1,30 EUR potentimeter...(@conrad )but I dont think that this would be a good exchange for my mixer...i ask myself if ALPS produces these potis...need A10K rotary potis,6mm ! can someone tell me if I can use some reloop killer mixer potis too???(or maybe from a new other mixer)??
btw when I opened this one poti it was full of oil (i never used oil but i didnt bought it new...) maybe it was a mix of kontaktspray oil and special cleaner 601...maybe it helps to use "druckluft"...in the electronic shops noone could tell me something about this acid bath...where can I do this in munich???
thanx @you all ;)

[Django]

www.llm.de/pa_licht/start.htm

palicht@llm.de

Tel.: 089/54 59 58- 37
Fax: 089/54 59 58-98

just try...

[paranoiddancer]

:( they couldn´t help me.
any other ideas?