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[John Hudak]

Many of the 'tuner cleaners'  contained primarily 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane
and a lot of mineral oil of medium viscosity.  The
1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane is a good contact cleaner but the mineral oil
leaves a oily residue that in some applications is not desirable.  These
types chemicals fall into the following categories:
Cleaner/wash
Cleaner&lube
Cleaner & oxidation inhibitor (sometimes called 'conditioner')
Cleaner&inhibitor&lubricant.

Caig has products that cover many of the combinations above.  Choose
depending on your application and contact materials.

Some other mfg that make good products are: CRC and LPS.  (They are often
easier to get than Caig products and depending on the application, can do
an equally good job)

If you have access to a chem store, and have some old  tv tuners that are
pretty grungy, a bath in carbontetrachloride (carbon-tet) works wonders-
this is really old school.  It used to be in the spray cans but since it
has harmful effects on a human, it was banned - but if you know how to work
with it, it is great stuff.... Disclaimer: I say this in jest because it
has been banned for use because it can cause liver and kidney failure in
humans.  The tetrafluoroethane is the replacement for carbon tet.

J


On Sat, Feb 6, 2016 at 9:00 PM, Steve Sandau <ssandau at gwi.net> wrote:

> On 02/06/2016 08:47 PM, Carl R. Friend wrote:
>
>> On 02/06/2016 06:30 PM, Mike Loewen wrote:
>>
>>     Any guitar shop should have [Deoxit], for cleaning amp controls.
>>>
>>
>>     This mightn't be the modern equivalent of "Electrical 88", would
>> it?  If so, that stuff was great for cleaning pot's, switches, and
>> contacts.
>>
>>     Guitar shops?  I may just have to check that option out, if for
>> no other reason that I have other "instruments" in need of serious
>> TLC.
>>
>
> Or maybe like the old Radio Shack item "color TV tuner spray?" I found
> that very useful decades ago, but never found a modern replacement. Color
> TVs don't need so much cleaning these days. ;-)
>
> Steve
>
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