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Re: Poly6 Keyboard Repair.

2007-11-26 by mondokraftwerk

i have fixed this prolbem on my polysix with a stick of Glue Attack
and a piece alluminium paper. I don't know if this is the best way to
repair the keyboard ... but now all  works 100%.

I can tell you all the procedure ...

Regards

Giorgio
 


--- In vintagesynthrepair@yahoogroups.com, "mrjdevries"
<mrjdevries@...> wrote:
>
> I did clean the contacts, but it was the actual rubber pads which 
> were no longer conducting..
> 
> this kit is supposed to repair the actual rubber contacts etc..
> 
> 
> >
> > I listen to someone who told me,just a pencil eraser will do.I 
> tried it and it did work.superglue ?,i dont think there is a need for 
> that.They might be fixable.
> > 
> > mrjdevries <mrjdevries@> wrote:                               A 
> little while ago, I bought a keypad repair kit supposedly for a poly6 
> >  or emulator II (off ebay) as about 6 keys on my P6 were a bit 
> >  intermittent.
> >  
> >  I used this kit according to instructions, and it pretty much made 
> the 
> >  unreliable keys totally unreliable..
> >  
> >  [ clean the pads, apply a primer to the pads, apply superglue to 
> the 
> >  pads, apply conductive solution to the pads. ]
> >  
> >  Whats even more tragic, is that i did most of the keys, so now i 
> have a 
> >  poly6 with about 20 keys not working that great.
> >  
> >  Anybody had any luck with these kits? If so, please enlighten 
> >  me, 'cause im rather p%$#ed off.
> >  
> >  ...vent ... vent...
> >  
> >  Mike
> >  
> >  
> >      
> >                                
> > 
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