In my opinion, LPS-1 is amazing as a pot/contact cleaner and works a lot better for me than the expensive Caig DeOxit line....
I did a test with two Sequential Pro Ones. They both had tons of scratchy pots. I sprayed one with Cramolin, the other LPS. The Cramolin one got scratchy in 3 months. The LPS one????
Try 2 years! It was amazing.
Since, then it's fixed:
pots, jacks, PDA docking stations, nintendo game cartidges, key contacts.
AFAIK it does not destroy pots at all. My Pro One is still going great after all these years.
Anyway, I keep forgetting to mention this great product, but I remember today. 8)
This is it. hmmmm degreaser???
http://www.lpsdirect.co.uk/lubricants/lpsgreaselesslubricant.htm
I'd hardly call 2 pots a thorough scientific analysis... but it's interesting all the same!
Note also that the Deoxit stuff requires two applications, according to the instructions. Apply once, manipulate the part/connection, wait for it to evaporate, then apply again.
The deoxit is just that, a deoxidiser. It does some lubrication, but it's not intended as a degreaser. Perhaps you'd get even better results by treating with degreaser AND deoxit; Thereby removing grease and oil, deoxidising and lubricating.
Oh yeah, I would trust trying the LPS-1. I tried the LPS-TKX penetrant/lubricant spray and I'll vouch for it's superiority over others like WD40 (penetrates/cleans/lubes better in my experience). Gotta' get me a can of the LPS-1 for the pots etc. Thanks for the reminder Aron.
I wouldn't trust WD40 to explode in a bonfire... useless crap.
CRC 2-26 is the shizit.
Aron said he treated two Pro One's with it not two pots.
Here's a pic: http://www.synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqproone01.jpg
More info: http://www.synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqproone01.html
28 pots and two modulation wheels.
take care,
-Peter
touche, gtrmac!
Shame aron didn't spray half of each Pro One with Deoxit and half with LPS-1. That would have accounted for environmental factors. But this is going WOTT!
BTW, just to clarify; Cramolin has been discontinued and is now superseeded by Deoxit.
Doesn't look like I can get this stuff in Oz. I didn't particularly want to click on any of the links I got when entering "LPS 1 Greaseless Lubricant" into www.webwombat.com.au (http://www.webwombat.com.au/aus?ix=LPS+1+Greaseless+Lubricant&t=)
All this talk about lubricants and "penetrating deep into minute crevices"...
eewww... that's all I have to say. :?
I have seen some awesome product names in this line:
New on the scene is "Knock'er Loose"
and there's my favorite all purpose car-fixit spray "Start-ya-bastard"
QuoteI'd hardly call 2 pots a thorough scientific analysis... but it's interesting all the same!
No, not 2 pots. hehehee Take a look at a Sequential Pro one! This thing has tons of pots.
But it's not only this synthesizers. There's lots more! My Micro-Moog, OB1, CS6X etc....
(http://www.synthmuseum.com/sequ/seqproone01.jpg)
>The deoxit is just that, a deoxidiser. It does some lubrication, but it's not intended as a degreaser. Perhaps you'd get even better results by treating with degreaser AND deoxit; Thereby removing grease and oil, deoxidising and lubricating.
Sorry, maybe I did use multiple products. Perhaps you needed to buy several products and they were very expensive..... The only reason I did my comparison was that I had already been using LPS for other things and it kept on being amazing. I remember getting it at Quement Electronics in San Jose on Bascom avenue (I believe).
There was only one place that had Cramolin that I cound find in San Jose....
I swear I used the "suite" but now that I re-read your post, maybe there wasn't more than one????
BTW: I also tested them on the gold contacts of the Pro One synthesizers.
Same result!
For me, this thing has been amazing for restorinng contacts etc...
Here's the kicker, some of my friends were having problems with their synthesizers same things - pots, contacts, they had tried a number of other products. I let them borrow my LPS and hehehehe it fixed it!!!!
In defence of WD40, it does exactly what it is designed to do - lubricate and drive water off critical surfaces. It's not intended to improve electrical contact, and, indeed, it doesn't. No surprise there.
In the UK, people used to use boric acid ointment to protect car battery terminals from corrosion, and it works fine because the boric acid content gives it significant conductance. However, a generation of car mechanics have become completely ignorant of this fact and just use motor grease instead, causing more problems than they solve.
With the Caig products, for long term protection they advise an application of Pro Gold. I have cleaned scratchy pots with the Caig products that have never got scratchy again, and that was over five years ago. The One -Two punch of DeOxit and ProGold works incredibly well. The supply I have will probaly last me another few years, but when I run out I'll check out the LPS-1.
Kerry M