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Re: [vintagesynthrepair] Q: How to clean ARP 2600 sliders

2002-07-17 by Tom Moravansky

> Hi, No offence but that's just BS, Deoxit works perfect, and has no side 
> effects what's so ever. Your telling a guy who does not even know how to 
> clean his sliders to take the sliders completly out dismantle them  and clean 
> them out individually..?? please.... Yea, Maybe if they need complete 
> restoration and you can't find ones on the net for 10 dollars apiece... how 
> many sliders are ther????.Long term use, they have been around 30 years 
> already....Help the guy don't confuse him....
> 
> 
If you absolutely must spray something, use isopropyl alcohol or maybe
some deionized water.  There's the short-term fix and there's the
right way.  What are the odds that some newbie will buy some deoxit
and use up the whole damn can on a 2600 and leave deoxit dripping down
inside the unit and gunked up all over the slider housings?  Pretty
good, I'd say.

If you don't know how to take care of a vintage unit or don't want to
pay a tech to take care of it, then don't buy it.  Plain and simple.

Why spend a ton of money on something and then have it destroyed
through neglect?

Just my opinion on the topic.
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Tom Moravansky                                    tom@...

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