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RE: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement

2010-12-02 by Arturo B

My concern was more that they'd fall off...
 
But thanks for the positive report. I'll be contacting him shortly!
 
Arturo.....

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Arturo Brisindi

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> To: PolySix@yahoogroups.com
> From: backshall1@bellsouth.net
> Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 21:46:26 -0500
> Subject: RE: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement
> 
> Yes, these are the contacts from Bob at SoundDoctorin. I've had good luck
> with Polysix contacts with just isopropyl alcohol, but I have one of those
> Juno D's with the notorious contacts that just won't clean up and I used a
> set of Bob's stick-on contacts on it. That was in May, and it's still
> working perfectly. They are very thin and the adhesive is even thinner, so
> there wouldn't be much to clean up if you had to remove them, although I
> don't know why you would want to.
> 
> Don B.
> 
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> From: PolySix@yahoogroups.com [mailto:PolySix@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> Arturo B
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 8:54 PM
> To: polysix@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [PolySix] Polysix key contact replacement
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Not sure if this has been discussed on here before, but it looks like a
> worthwhile solution. This fellow says he has material made for/by NASA that
> he's using to overlay onto his Polysix contacts (and any other keybeds that
> use the same type of dome contacts...there's a list in the video write up).
> He says that they have the same properties as the original material and that
> they work very well. Just wondering if anyone's tried these. I'd really like
> to give them a whirl cos I'm really sick of my contacts constantly going on
> me.
> 
> My only concern is that if these things fail and you have to remove them (or
> if they fall off), you'll be stuck with this sticky goo from the 3M adhesive
> he's put on the material so it'll stick to surfaces. 
> 
> http://www.sounddoctorin.com
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJarAWE-Uyo
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJarAWE-Uyo&NR=1> &NR=1
> 
> Aside from this, what else is recommended? Rubbing Alcohol/isopropyl? Light
> sand paper? Erasers (which I find only lasts a few days/weeks? I was told
> that lighter fluid is good to clean the bus bar and J wires of my Prophet 5.
> Would that work on the Polysix type contacts too?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Arturo.....
> 
> 
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> ============================================ 
> Arturo Brisindi
> 
> [Musics]
> mydadvsyours.com | soundcloud.com/arturo00
> 
> [Studios]
> galleryrecording.weebly.com | arturo00.weebly.com 
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