Jun 29, 2006 06:34 pm argh you made my hands sweat wyd... but what a great feeling watching the yellow old monitor turns white again... i'm going for a harder one next... the keyboard aka (the ashtray).. gah!!
cleaning your gear....
Posted on Jun 29, 2006 05:29 pm
whosyourdaddy00
Hold 'Em Czar
Member Since: Dec 30, 2004
so i got outta work today a bit early and on a whim, i decided to go to the localy owned and opporated electronics store and i get some cleaning supplies and cleaned out my keyboard/controler of 6 hazy years. i gotta give props to roland for makin' such an instrument that can put up with me and not complain....i don't go spillin' drinks on my ****, but it's been in a smoking house for prolly 2 of them years. but i digress...
i ended up with some swabs, concact cleaner, rubbin' alcohol, 409 (degreaser), and a towel, two wash cloths, and a roll of papertowl...
while i was cleaning, i realized i can prolly get paid to do it....ahh the joy of sluttery....so what else do ya think i need to give a thorough cleaning to just about anything electronic? and what would be a fair price for it? i should be able to do darn near anything in 3 hours or less.
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Jun 29, 2006 06:34 pm argh you made my hands sweat wyd... but what a great feeling watching the yellow old monitor turns white again... i'm going for a harder one next... the keyboard aka (the ashtray).. gah!!
Jun 29, 2006 06:35 pm microfiber cloth for screens and lenses...and a filtered air compressor
Jun 29, 2006 07:38 pm lmao damn now THAT is inspiring!
yeah air! good call!
Jun 29, 2006 10:00 pm I probably should pay more attention to clean my equipment now and then. But atleast you can make music is dirty equipment. That is more than I can say as a homebrewer. Everything has to be crazy sterile and clean or its Mold City, population: Ruined Beer.
Jun 29, 2006 11:21 pm I had 2 pieces of gear in a dusty old 1921's house a while back. I did my best to cover things up giving a hectic schedule. One was a tube compresser I had barely used. Every other pot got severely crackly just from dust and a little humidity. The other was a carvin F150 amp I used to drive a few floor wedges up on stands for vocals at practice time. The gain knobs got so bad over 5 years of ownership and use in that house that the entire unit was rendered useless until I paid a fair premium to get them both cleaned. Damn, they both work flawlessly now, what a huge difference.
Jun 30, 2006 03:49 am I'm WD40 fan,its cheap and versatile (like me).On some electronics it may be a bit too oily but the coating keeps out damp and crap.I clean my strings after every gig and the next morning,no its not 'obsessive compulsive disorder' I just get more gigs out of them.Then I wipe the neck/body with the same cloth.There was a story going around that its good for stiff joints but the rumour was probably started by a robot.
Jun 30, 2006 09:38 am I'd get an an air compressor and some Blue Shower, it's a cleaner/degreaser for electronics. It rules. And by the way WYD, I want to thank you for some of the best links I've got off of here. Peace!
Jun 30, 2006 12:28 pm you're welcome man, i do a lot of huntin' on the net for good info....hey i gotta question...i've always (instinctively) pointed our 4050 using the AT logo as the 'front'...but then i got to lookin' at it and now i'm thinkin' it's the side with the switches....i havn't been recordin' much here lately (print and dupe is another story)...but i was thinkin' i might have been recording EVERYTHING adressing the WRONG side of the mic!!!! help a brotha out!
all the best, and if ya ever need to get rid of b stock lemme know ;)
chris
Jul 01, 2006 08:53 pm Yep, the logo is usually the front on most condensors.
Jul 02, 2006 09:29 am Dude, If you can hook up with someone inside of one of the desister cleaning companies, or a real good cleaning company, there are a world of products out there that are da-bomb. I took a position as an account manager about 9 months ago for a real upstanding comercial cleaning company and hooked up with a distributer who is like the mad scientist of cleaning. A chemist who is a cleaning freak. Makes his own private label stuff. For detailing he comes up with some increadable solutions. If you want to get serious, get a sonic bath cleaner. Great for those cracklin pots. An air compresser is invaluable as well. Just gotta be a little carefull and not blow stuff right of the boards.
Jul 02, 2006 02:11 pm If you use an air compressor on electronic equipment (computers etc.) better keep the pressure extremely low, a safer bet is the spray can's of air.
Dan
Jul 02, 2006 05:13 pm good deal guys, hey walt!! good to see ya man....yeah i'm not gonna get into it all that much, just more like a once or twice a month gig...prolly from someone i know personally *unless word spreads like budda*...
Jul 02, 2006 06:34 pm Ya, nice to see you pop in Walt.
WYD, the compressor is an excellant idea. Here is how I set mine up, and its a big monster for the garage. I keep a main regulater which is turned down for blowing off equipment. After that regulator is another smaller regulator with another finer filter set up. You need to make absolutely certain the air is dry and clean. So the filter rig on the smaller regulator is also moisture trap filter set up as well. This allows for much greater use on my side. In your case a smaller compressor and the same small regulator/filter set up will do the trick well as you will probably use a much smaller compressor.
Jul 03, 2006 01:41 am Great to stop in. May was quite a month for sales. Trippled the territory. Also had four new start-ups. Better than 100 hrs / wk for the month of June. I about freaked to see this post on cleaning when I did sign in. I'm learning a lot about the trade and gaining quite a respect for folks who take the trade seriously.
Don't forget a pencil eraser and a real fine burnishing tool for contacts as well. Floor striper is great for removing oils and silicone from surfaces if you get smudging. Not bad for contacts either if someone has been using a lubricating cleaner in the past.
Well, gotta run. Happy fourth all!
Jul 17, 2006 12:09 pm [update]
it's been awhile since this, and i forgot to get back to this thread.....somehow i managed to push all the dirt DEEPER into the keys!!! which has resulted is in 7 bad keys that either send the wrong veloicity message or do not work at all!!!! i'm takin' it apart and gooin' in deeper here this week....urg! yeah spray from the inside out, not from the outside in as i did with the actual keys.
stupid tax
Jul 17, 2006 03:56 pm I'll keep that one in mind, I'm sure I've out-dumbed that move at some time or another.
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