cleaning pots

[mbc113]

anyone know how to clean dirty pots on their gear? I have some old crappy boards and guitars with noisy pots but they really aren't worth spending a ton of cash taking to a repair place for them to clean up... but if i could do it myself...

ohhh and i also have a midi controller that has some malfunctioning knobs that i figure maybe just have some gunk in them... but these probably aren't your typical potentiometer since they are infinite rotation, click at every step, etc. (it's a korg microKontrol). any tips on cleaning these up? (this i may just take in to a shop)

[Chaorta]

Originally Posted by mbc113

anyone know how to clean dirty pots on their gear? I have some old crappy boards and guitars with noisy pots but they really aren't worth spending a ton of cash taking to a repair place for them to clean up... but if i could do it myself...

ohhh and i also have a midi controller that has some malfunctioning knobs that i figure maybe just have some gunk in them... but these probably aren't your typical potentiometer since they are infinite rotation, click at every step, etc. (it's a korg microKontrol). any tips on cleaning these up? (this i may just take in to a shop)

Pull of cap, spray electronics cleaner (or alcohol on a q-tip), swab, let dry, recalibrate if necessary, you're done.

[Nubus]

Bump on the microcontrol pots. Are those things normal pots? I had an Oxygen 8 with funny pots. Some days it would work, some it wouldn't, ever since new.