What is preferred/best contact cleaner these days?
I have been using Caig Industries DeOxit contact cleaners for many years now. I am tremendously happy with the results after reapplying every 6 months or so. I am shocked at how much better my audio equipment sounds. The equipment really comes alive and becomes very exciting to listen to.
Several days ago, though I stumbled across a discussion in this forum about a contact cleaner than never needs to be reapplied and is evidently just short of miraculous, Total Contact - Perfect Path, in how it improves the sound. I went to purchase some and was very dismayed to learn it is no longer sold. Then I read about another one, Walker Audio Extreme SST that sounded good, but it is no longer being sold either.
Is there a general group consensus on the best contact cleaner available at this time? Preferably one that only needs applied once. :). Thanks. Chris
well, @audphile1, the OP states at the very beginning,
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for anyone following, make sure that you use a contact cleaner that is ALSO a LUBRICANT. And, there are versions for faders, plastics WD40 is NOT a lubricant, it dissolves rust/corrosion, that's it. Audio Classics does not clean sliders with felt or foam strips, the chemicals dissolve them, they suggest just working them full range frequently. OR, skill/tools needed (if/when a diagnosed problem) take them apart, plan on removing and replacing felt or foam. Around the edge of vintage back-lit tuner faceplates, the foam is often dissolved by age, and disturbed by disassembly. I used a black shoelace to block edge light for my Fisher 500C’s tuner glass. Another one, I improvised, some soft u shaped strip that pushed onto the edge all around, something hanging around the shop.. Be very careful cleaning the tuner glass with printed info, very light touch, a camera-lens cloth, perhaps a speck of Windex on that smooth cloth, no other chemicals or textures, avoid perfection here. |
