Pot Cleaning Cap

[Jazzer2020]

Has anyone here tried this: [h=1]Pot Cleaning Cap[/h] If it actually does what it says what it does, I'm buying it and saving myself a ton of time and headaches

on my archtops!

 

 

 

[WRGKMC]

As a tech it would be the last thing I'd ever try using, especially on a guitar.

 

1st. Pots normally have grease on their shafts to give the pot a smooth feel. Injecting cleaner down the shaft will strip the grease and make the pot way too loose and the slightest bump will change its setting. In other words, you want to leave the grease in the shaft alone.

 

2nd The alcohol in many cleaners will instantly eat holes in a lacquered finish and all you need is to have that thing leak and your finish is toast.

You also have to be sure you know whether your guitar pots are inch or metric, and whether you even have any threads left above the nut to screw the thing on. If pots are installed properly the nut is usually even with the ends of the threads.

 

3rd, Pulling knobs off can often damage or weaken them, especially if some of that fluid leaks back out onto the knobs. Fender knobs for example are made of that PVC plastic. Pot cleaner will cause the PVC to crack into little pieces within a short period of time

 

4th, Most guitar cavities are easy to access. The worst you might have to do is unscrew a cavity plate or lift a pickguard during a string change. Big whoop. Guitar pots have a large opening where the wires connect and its ultra simple to simply use that straw the contact cleaner comes with and give them a shot when they start to get scratchy. You don't want to clean them until they do become scratchy because the cleaner decreases their lifespan greatly. After a cleaning or two, you have to replace them anyway so its good to know how to get inside and familiarize yourself with how its wired.

 

5th. If you do use this cap and spray away, you have no idea how much is actually getting through to the inside of the pot. last thing you want is the cleaner gushing from the inside like a fire hose and leaking out onto your finish. When you manually go in there you should pad the surrounding area off with a cloth to capture any overspray or accidents.

[Chordite]

Just physically run the pots end to end rapidly 15 or 20 times usually quiets em right down.

As WRGKMC says they are greased. so I would avoid solvents.I have seen pot tracks break down with solvent too.

[Jazzer2020]

OK thanks guys!