Sv: [sdiy] Slider Pots: To Lube, or Not to Lube?

[Bob Weigel]

http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.183/.f

This link reveals that they've changed the name of cailube to fader lube 
so nobody get confuzzled!

In my experience this stuff does *not* have enough lubricative 
properties to save wear and tear on the resistive surface to the extent 
grease does and often leave pots a little sticky but it is a great 
solution for where some oxidization has taken hold and you can clear it 
with a quick burst.

28g for 18 bucks on the fader *Grease*.   Little spendy.  Probably a 
great product. Wish it came in a high pressure can like I suggested.  
I'd love to help them engineer a can that would disperse that stuff with 
a high pressure blast that spatters it so you dont' have to pull the 
slider apart.  hehe.  That would be a kick butt product.  THen you just 
hose it first with some d5....then blast it with the grease after 
getting it all clean.  -Bob

DSL FODA01 wrote:

>I found ( and ordered) what seems like a decent product for this
>application - it's called "FaderGrease" and it's made by Caig.  See:
>http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.1/.f  and look for FaderGrease - there is a
>FaderLube as well, and both appear to be made to be applied to carbon slider
>pots with no worries about degrading the resistance material.
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>thanks guys for the idea!
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>Dave
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Weigel" <sounddoctorin at imt.net>
>To: "Daniel Araya" <daniel.araya at sr.se>
>Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>; <foda01 at epix.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 6:34 AM
>Subject: Re: Sv: [sdiy] Slider Pots: To Lube, or Not to Lube?
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>>That's why I use the dielectric grease.  You not only don't have to be
>>careful about keeping it off the track..you WANT IT THERE :).  That's
>>the whole point.  When the resistive track wears out..you throw the pot
>>away.  That's the end of it.  The dielectric grease can go right on the
>>contacts.  THat's what it's designed for.  -Bob
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>>Daniel Araya wrote:
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>>>>>>"DSL FODA01" <foda01 at epix.net> 07-01-22 20:20 >>>
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>>>>I was wondering what the consensus was on how to handle older >slide
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>>>pots as found in 70's synths.
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>>>When I dissasemble sliders that have been sprayed I clean everything,
>>>including the plasic or metallic upper part.
>>>The tracks can be lightly coated with something like Caig Cailube and
>>>wiped with some clean cloth. The upper part where the sliding part
>>>touches the case is then lubricated with lithium grease. Be careful that
>>>the lithium grease doesn't get on the resistive track, then you have to
>>>start over again. What sometimes happens when somebody sprays wd80 or
>>>similar into a slider or pot is that the grease that lubricates the
>>>mechanical parts is dissolved and get onto the resistive track along
>>>with dust and other crap.
>>>I have used this method on lots of different synths from Buchlas to
>>>Rolands and the sliders usually feel as new after this treatment and
>>>seem to work for a long time.
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>>>/Daniel
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