Contact Cleaner?

smudge_lad

The footswitch in my Kingsley Page seems to be a little dirty/temperamental and before handing it in somewhere for repair, I wondered if it was worthwhile trying to give it a clean myself. 

I asked down at my local B&Q for electrical contact cleaner and two of the staff looked at me like I had two heads. Useless.

I’ve since asked a mate who works in electronics and said to take it along. He hasn’t seen the pedal/switch but has said he has Isopropyl Alcohol that should do the trick.

Just wanted to check on here if anyone thinks this WONT work and is a bad idea? 

If so, what exactly should I be looking to use?

Thanks in advance

Keir

JezWynd

i use Servisol Super 10 Contact Cleaner. It's amazing stuff - recently took a bass out of storage after 12 months and one of the pots had seized up. A quick spray of Servisol had it back in full operation in a couple of minutes. Works really well on scratchy pots too.

Philtre

I use Deoxit - it's like the magic sponge.

Danny1969

Buy a can of this, very useful for all kinds of contact cleaning

https://cpc.farnell.com/servisol/100001300-200ml/super-10-200ml-switch-contact/dp/SASERVISOL?st=switch cleaner

stickyfiddle

I got a can of "Super Help" stuff recently. Got my Hotcake and Rat back to their best

Sarge

Servisol Super 10 for me too, and for the odd spot of corrosion that the Super10 won't shift I use a fibreglass pen, so handy to have around the house. 

ICBM

Servisol Super 10, Electrolube EML, Deoxit or some other variety of proper contact cleaner/lubricant.

Don't use isopropyl alcohol, it will wash the grease out of the switch - you need something with a lubricant in it too.

Stratavarious

JezWynd said:

i use Servisol Super 10 Contact Cleaner. It's amazing stuff - recently took a bass out of storage after 12 months and one of the pots had seized up. A quick spray of Servisol had it back in full operation in a couple of minutes. Works really well on scratchy pots too.

I use this

hollywoodrox

I too use servisol , absolutely fantastic stuff

Yearofthegoat

Servisol's great for moving parts due to the lubricant. Revived the pots on my old Park practice amp.

It's not like 'dry' contact cleaner such as the WD40 brand contact cleaner, which will get things literally squeaky clean, like PCBs, battery contacts etc. Also great for mobile phone screens e.g. prior to applying a screen protector.