Members Ra_ Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 Is there any product that I can spray on my electronic stuffthat will protect it from corrosion without harming anything? I've used quality products such as Fluid Film & Boeshield on other things.I'm in the sub-tropics and it is humid.
Members ZJD Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 I'm sure you could find some good stuff here: http://www.caig.com/
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 I love Caig Deoxit and ProGold. Highly recommended.
Members Ra_ Posted January 30, 2007 Author Members Posted January 30, 2007 Thank you. That looks like great stuff. I got the Deoxit and Deoxit Shield 5oz. Looks like good insurance. I may put it on everything down here. I owe you one Beetlejuice
Members barneyc4 Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 What do you plan on spraying??
Members ZJD Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 Thank you. That looks like great stuff. I got the Deoxit and Deoxit Shield 5oz. Looks like good insurance. I may put it on everything down here. I owe you one Beetlejuice Don't thank me, thank Skreddy. He's the one who turned me on to the stuff.
Members barneyc4 Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 What do you guys spray? Pedals or what?
Members ZJD Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 What do you guys spray? Pedals or what?Personally, I use the stuff to clean pots inside pedals.
Members Ra_ Posted January 30, 2007 Author Members Posted January 30, 2007 I suspect that if I'm gonna spray it near tubes, I should remove them first and be careful to keep it off the glass part? I'd like to just put a fine mist over everything that's not wood or plastic. The air can be brutal in the Keys. The only thing more corrosive, is the sun.
Phil O'Keefe Posted January 30, 2007 Posted January 30, 2007 It's an anti-oxidant, and contact cleaner. It's not intended to "spray on everything", but for cleaning scratchy pots and improving conductivity of contacts like jacks, switches and plugs. I do NOT recommend indescriminate "spray and pray". I've never tried it on tube sockets, but it may work well for that... but if you do that, it's at your own risk. DEFINTELY turn the amp off and unplug it first though, and allow it to dry for an hour or so before powering anything up again.
Members bleepedybloops Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 Anti Oxidants fight aging right:idea:
Members Teahead Posted January 30, 2007 Members Posted January 30, 2007 Something of interest I came across regarding the use of Deoxit and specifically which type to use for power tube pins ...DeOxit turns into varnish at the temperatures seen on power tube pins. The correct thing to use is Caig Labs ProGold PxG formula, which is rated to 400 degrees C. Lord Valve http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.tubes/browse_thread/thread/ecb9778f41f99b4b/
Members Ra_ Posted January 31, 2007 Author Members Posted January 31, 2007 The ProGold is the one thing I didn't get. I guess I'll grab one of the small sprays, for such areas. I thought that the DeOxit is the cleaner, for areas already weathered and the DeOxit Shield (which is just the old 'PreservIt' relabeled) is for a protective coating?
Members Ra_ Posted January 31, 2007 Author Members Posted January 31, 2007 Something of interest I came across regarding the use of Deoxit and specifically which type to use for power tube pins ...http://groups.google.com/group/rec.audio.tubes/browse_thread/thread/ecb9778f41f99b4b/ Update: Caig just called me.They are gonna send me the Deoxit Gold GXL (pricey)http://store.caig.com/s.nl/sc.2/category.299/.f The 'standard' Deoxit Gold is fine for everything but you want the GXLfor areas that get very hot. He said to still use the Deoxit cleaner first, because things begin to oxidize immediatelyand no manufacturers are yet applying this stuff on the assembly line.
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