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Cleaning Tuning Capacitor
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11-25-2013, 12:13 AM
I use my ultrasonic cleaner from Harbor Freight. I use warm water with dawn and hit it with a few cycles with the heater on. Cleans them up really well. Blow dry with about 15-20psi of compressed air and let it sit a few days to dry completely. Make sure to re-grease the bearings and lube the shaft.

Video with it in action cleaning the dials from my Mystery Control: [Video: http://youtu.be/ZerlGVzZg6U]
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Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-24-2013, 11:35 AM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by codefox1 - 11-24-2013, 12:26 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Phlogiston - 11-24-2013, 03:25 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-24-2013, 03:36 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by morzh - 11-24-2013, 07:13 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-24-2013, 07:57 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by ipwizard - 11-25-2013, 12:13 AM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-25-2013, 07:24 AM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-25-2013, 08:15 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-28-2013, 05:53 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by morzh - 11-28-2013, 11:46 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-29-2013, 07:30 AM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by morzh - 11-29-2013, 07:59 PM
RE: Cleaning Tuning Capacitor - by Joeztech - 11-30-2013, 08:04 AM



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