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What separates Deoxit from standard contact cleaner?

#21
So I got by the Radio Shack earlier tonight. The only deoxit product they carried was a two pack of Deoxit and Deoxit Gold. I haven't been able to look at it too closely yet, but the instructions seem to say something to the effect of: clean your contacts with deoxit, then maintain your good connections with deoxit gold. I'll investigate further tomorrow and report back for whoever is interested...
 
#23
Staccato said:
We've can find Dexoit-available on the web. Is anyone buying it at stores in their local area?

If so, where? (It might be nice to save on shipping for this product-if the price is attractive).
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To my knowledge, Peavey's "Funk Out" is exactly the same as Caig's Deoxit, and might be more readily available... I bought a spray can of it in a local music store a few years ago, and am still using it - it actually says that it's made by Caig Labs on the can...


- georgestrings
 
#24
Ok. I had a little Deoxit party last night. The results so far:

My Aphex Aural Xciter, a pedal with good sound and notoriously shoddy workmanship, now seems to be working fine. Score one for Deoxit.

I have been having some issues from the FX loop of my SVT 4pro. That is to say- I can't seem to get the darn thing to work properly. There is a LOT of noise and hum whenever I try to connect anything to it and I end up just not using it. A couple of blasts of deoxit did not fix this issue. So that really isn't a negative for deoxit, it just means that a bad connection isn't the problem.

Same thing for my '98 Stingray. This was my main gigging bass for 10 years. It has had a gazillion miles put on it. I take pretty good care of my gear-- i.e. the finish is still imaculate on this bass. But the tuners and frets have tarnished from smoky bars and my sweaty hands. The pole piece show some build up for the same reasons. The saddle height screws were hidden under some gunk. Over the last few years this bass developed some nasty hum from what seems like either a bad battery connection or a bad output jack connection. Sometimes it plays fine. Sometimes I get a bad hum and a tap on the battery compartment or a jiggle of the instrument cable fixes the issue. Fine for home use but not reliable enough for the kind of gigs I was playing.
After a few blasts of deoxit on the battery terminals and in the jack hole (lol)-- nothing good. Only nasty hum and electro-static noise. So, again, not really a negative for Deoxit. It's not a substitute for a real repair. I was just hoping that the problems weren't bad enough to require outside help.

BTW deoxit did work for my scratchy pickup selector on my '93 Gibson explorer -- But I won't get into that. This is talkBASS after all ;)

I still have lots and lots of pots and jacks to give a treatment to. More to come....
 
#25
grendle said:
Yeah that's a big part of it I think. About a 1/3 or less residue of what wd40 does. Smells like a different mix too. Kind of like std contact cleaner mixed with marvel mystery oil. Use it a few times , and you'll always have a can on hand. They make a few different types also. Just a good product that works well.
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Rule number one of happy elctronics is don't use WD 40.. The deoxits appears to be like the old tuner cleaner which lubes a bit as it cleans WD lubes LOT and isn't designed to clean unless it water. WD stands for Water Displacement.
 
#27
1. Deoxit Gold is not an enhanced version of deoxit; it's made for a different purpose, it leaves a different type of film and I personally find it does less deoxidizing.

2. Deoxit is primarily for cleaning and deoxidizing (no matter how much it says it lubricates on the can). Use Cailube for lubricating pots after you use deoxit on them.

Also, if something is really dirty deoxit seems to really work a lot of magic if you let it soak overnight. All this info is on the CAIG site aswell.
 
#28
[QUOTE="Q";12348219]1. Deoxit Gold is not an enhanced version of deoxit; it's made for a different purpose, it leaves a different type of film and I personally find it does less deoxidizing.

2. Deoxit is primarily for cleaning and deoxidizing (no matter how much it says it lubricates on the can). Use Cailube for lubricating pots after you use deoxit on them.

Also, if something is really dirty deoxit seems to really work a lot of magic if you let it soak overnight. All this info is on the CAIG site aswell.[/QUOTE]

Yes the CAIG site explains a lot.

ONLY Deoxit "D" (the standard stuff) is a cleaner) It's best for pots and switches to restore them. There is a lube in there and compared to cleaners with no lube (the clean drying "no deposit" types that are just solvents) your clean job will stay noise free a LOT longer with deoxit in my experience.

Note that GOLD is not a cleaner, is designed only for NEW or CLEAN parts and is not for pots. It's for actual contacts like switches and connectors.

Eventually cleaning pots washes the original lube out and if you want to put some back in you need Deoxit "fader" which also is NOT a cleaner but a pot lube (especially designed for sensitive plastic elements). Hence a spraying and cleaning bass job would be first cleaning everything (pots, switches, connectors) with standard Deoxit D. Then using Deoxit "Fader" to lube pots and Deoxit Gold to lube switches and connectors (especially when gold plated ... deoxit "gold" get it?) But NO Deoxit gold on pots! As "Q" says it's not an enhanced cleaner but a gold contact preservative.

Personally I've had great results from just plain old Deoxit D with no additional lubes of either type. But I presume thing will stay scratch-free longer if you use the lubes.

That's about it from the website.
 
#29
Deoxit gold used to be called ProGold and I believe the Deoxit Fader is the new Cailube.

I guess they figured that Deoxit had more brand recognition so they would just stamp it on everything :) It's no wonder everyones confused now.

Maybe they will start calling the original Deoxit Deoxit or maybe Deoxit Ultra Extreme Reloaded.
 
#30
Just for the record, I only used the standard Deoxit in my previous tests. It was fairly clear in the included instructions that Deoxit was for cleaning and Gold wasn't. But I do appreciate all the further clarification! It's a big help.
 

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