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That was a lot of funk on those knobs and faders before you scrubbed them. I know what kind of a job that was. I
recently did mine. I only had half the work though as it's only a 16 channel.
I did 188 knobs and eight faders.
03-08-2010
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Oh, I didn't scrub them, I put them in the dishwasher Honestly, it was more then 500 knobs / fader-buttons, and I
really didn't want to use a toothbrush on them. I figured it would turn out ok, since I have seen people clean their
computer keyboards in the dishwasher (only the plastic housing and keys, not the electronics ). Maybe the salt is
an issue, if you do this a lot, or increased temperatures but the machine has a so called "express mode" that doesn't
last that long and which is only 40°C. The removal of the various face plates is tedious nevertheless.
Cheers
Tim
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03-31-2010
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Update on the M-3500 refurbishment: progress is slow but steady. I finished cleaning the faders and decided to
remove the Fader Lube stuff from the faders that I had it applied to again, as they began to crackle a little. The lube
had begun to congeal where the faders were resting most of the time, so I removed the lube with a clean Q-tip and
used another Q-Tip soaked with different tuner/contact cleaner to remove the lubing stuff. Then I carefully removed
the cleaner with a clean, dry Q-Tip. For the untreated faders I used just a soaked side of a Q-Tip to clean the fader
path and the clean, dry side to remove any excess cleaner. I cleaned some more crackling pots on the channel strips
and gave those faceplates a good cleaning, too. Still some more channelstrips to go on this 32 channel board. For just
a brief, weak minute I wished I had bought the 24 channel variant, but I got over that pretty quickly Cleaning
cleaning cleaning... It's necessary though, if you had a look at the before/after pictures above.
Cheers
Tim
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miroslav
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Are you using the Caig D-100 with a Q-Tip for the faders like I (Caig) suggested earlier?
That's what works best for these faders.
Rub some on to clean the tracks, then use a dry Q-Tip to remove excess....whatching NOT to hit the actual copper
contacts/brushes with the Q-Tip, as they can easily bend out of position!!!!
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