Members dezmoduo Posted February 24, 2009 Members Share Posted February 24, 2009 I've got an older Mackie 16 channel, CR-1604. As I recall, a respected repair tech had said that the faders were cleaned improperly, and lost their lube. They all work but don't slide as smoothly as a new board I was just checking out. Truth is, once the faders were set, along with input levels and line eq's we didn't do that much adjusting. Everyone used their same mic's and instruments into the same channels and after the gig, just attached the cover to the mixer case and went home, next gig we were up and running with the same basic set up The board is going to be put back into use this spring.( Its been a number of years, 5?) Is there something I can use to prep/clean the faders and restore some of the original quality? Thanks for your suggestions, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 Unfortunately, with the faders that are used, nothing will help and manythings will hurt (make worse problems). I just sold one of these with a similar problem for about $100, if it hadn't been "celaned" it would have been worth more. Most faders (I would say all) are better off not messed with unless the service guy has experience rebuilding the faders. Some are rebuildable (even though not by design), some are not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dezmoduo Posted February 25, 2009 Author Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 Unfortunately, with the faders that are used, nothing will help and manythings will hurt (make worse problems).I just sold one of these with a similar problem for about $100, if it hadn't been "celaned" it would have been worth more.Most faders (I would say all) are better off not messed with unless the service guy has experience rebuilding the faders. Some are rebuildable (even though not by design), some are not. Fair enough, I won't mess with it. I'm satisfied that everything still works on the board. It'll have to do for the bar scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undercool Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 ...what Darth & his wife use in bed. Fader lube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boomerweps Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 DeOxite sells a spray lube. This is specifically a lube to be used AFTER you use their cleaner deoxidizer. The DeOxite deoxidizer tends to clean fader lube away ;>( Boomerweps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members agedhorse Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 DeOxite sells a spray lube. This is specifically a lube to be used AFTER you use their cleaner deoxidizer. The DeOxite deoxidizer tends to clean fader lube away ;>(Boomerweps Does not work as advertised for slide controls. The silicone based lube from the sliders, when rinced off, gets all over everything and attracts grit and dirt and accelerates any wear by as much as 10x IME. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members undercool Posted February 25, 2009 Members Share Posted February 25, 2009 For the record, I took two Darvocet about 20 minutes before I posted that. And even then I knew I should facepalm myself... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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