WD40 contact cleaner

[Jean-Luc Pickguard]

I'd been planning to replace the original mini pots & switch in my '97 CIJ 1972 reissue telecaster thinline guitar as they crackled badly and randomly cut the signal making the guitar unusable plugged in.

Before ordering all the bits & bobs to make a new harness, I thought it might be worthwhile to attempt to clean the pots & switch so I ordered a can of WD40 'specialist fast drying contact cleaner' (not the same as regular WD40) from amazon. It comes with a funky straw attachment to direct the spray into the pots. I wasn't sure whether to expect a big improvement, but after a quick squirt and rolling each pot & the switch back & forth a few times, there's now absolutely no crackle so I won't be needing to get the soldering kit out. Pretty good stuff for a fiver.

 

Edited August 7, 2018 by Jean-Luc Pickguard
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[gary mac]

Didn't know they made such a product. 

[rmorris]

Yeah - they brought out a range of 'specialist' products. I saw them in my local (to work) RS Trade Counter.

I'd still opt for Caig DeOxit products tbh.

[barkin]

I bought a can of Servisol about 10 years ago. I reckon it'll see me out. (Likewise the bottle of Ax Wax...)