Hosa F5S-H6 CAIG DeoxIT FaderLube, 5% Spray, 5 oz

Like most users I buy a lot of vintage stereo components. Not all, but most have really funky controls and the pots containing a carbon disc are the most likely to be damaged with high solvent contact cleaner. There are only a couple I use. For really dirty ones I'll use a contact cleaner, allow a couple of minutes to dry and then use this F5. For lesser issues I go directly to this. You have to really "exercise" the controls after use for best results. That means up to 40 or 50 full rotations for adequate cleaning. This F5 leave a lube coating to help prevent future funk. All those old components will never be made again, so I treat them as best I can to give them another 50 years. I won't be here, but someone will always love the vintage sound. It's expensive but I haven't found a proper substitute, so what are you going to do?

One of the machines I use daily at work has a control knob that is a pot that controls the speed of a wheel turning. The speed of the wheel is very critical. The pot was at the point where I couldn't control speed reliably anymore. To replace the knob the whole machine would need to be taken apart to get to it. Long story short, I sprayed some of this in the shaft portion of the knob and twisted it a few times. This totally took care of the problem. The speed is 100% controllable now. Not only that, the action of twisting it feel much smoother not. This is awesome stuff. Reminds me of TV Tuner that use to work great, but was taken off the market for some reason.

The Deoxit FaderLube arrived within 4 business days of my placing the order. I bought this stuff to service potentiometers in my vintage SW radio gear. Gone are the one-size-fits-all days of “RS Color TV Tuner Cleaner.’ The other versions of DeOxit do work on pots, but may be a bit harsh on the resistance media. As the vintage pots are difficult to impossible replace, you want to try to clean and refurbish them whenever possible rather than swap them out for problematic used units or hens-teeth NOS units. This does the trick on anything that is not physically damaged (I.E. cracked or otherwise broken resistance media). It is also not the old $0.88 a can price of the old RS product. Fortunately, you need very little to have the desired effect (noise reduction and/or elimination) within the potentiometer. As a bonus, the can has an “L-M-H” setting on the spray button. I have found that the conservative “L” setting has always been fine for my intended purpose. I will buy more as required.

This stuff is great! It revived the scratchy old pots on my 90's Peavey guitar amp!

Used on an old school vintage clock radio. The volume control made a horrid sound when used. Making the radio useless. We all know the situation. We go to turn on our favorite radio and one day SCRATCH, CRRRRRRUUUUNNNCHHHHH, STTTTTAAAAAATTTTTIC.. And, your heart sank. Knowing your old trusted friend has seen better days. Or has he? All you need do is have or gain access to the rotary mechanism inside your electronic friend, and no need to even take it apart or remove it. Just need to get behind the cover. Find the knob or slider and see where it comes together. The board material, and the metal or plastic housing for the rotary or slider? Unplug the electronic device. This stuff is very flammable. That is all you need access to. Dust off any dust in the area if any first. Have some paper towel or rags handy to help clean up. It won't be much. When using the straw make sure it is at a right angle or sticking out straight. I used a pair of pliers to make the end of the straw oval and thinner to fit into the crossfader fader slots. You do not need to spray a lot. A solid press then stop. You only need a few drops to get into the mechanics. Then rotate or slide the item being cleaning back and forth for a minute. Then if the rotary or slider started all the way to one side. Move it to the other now. Spray again. Just as before a few drops. This is water thin material in the can. And, a small amount goes and goes a long ways. Repeat the moving of the dial or slider. Doing this for a minute or two. Imagine your car is dirty, you take it to a car wash. You are in effect doing the same now for your electronic devices. And, the lube is built into this, so it is like the wax on the finish to keep it clean longer. This can be used on any rotary or slider styled electronic control. It is best to take apart the actual electronic item to get you closer to the mechanics behind the scene that are in need of help. Always unplug your device, remove batteries and such as this is a very flammable liquid. Do not use WD40. Because you are only cleaning the mechanics a little. Then leaving them raw and exposed. If your electronics get water in them then use WD40 because it is a water displacement spray. Not a lube or oil. Value for the money: My one repair tonight paid for this can and more. My new Mini Innofader Plus came 100% ready to use as is. After using this on it the movement improved 100% more. If you own anything electronic with rotary or slider controls, then do yourself a huge favor and get a can of this. Become your neighborhood electronic hero with this. Or, just to save yourself a fortune in repairs or worse replacements. How I discovered this product - The InnoFader I bought years ago had a tiny cute tube of DeOxIt redish color in it, I honestly didn't even notice it until my first InnoFader was having issues. I cleaned the years of dust and such out of it. Still goofing up. Went online and read about DeOxIt and wished I had some. Out of frustration I pulled out the InnoFader box, it is very small so I kept it with my DDJ SX2 original crossfader in it, and that was when I noticed that cute tiny tube of DeOxIt. I used 3 drops and the 99% of the issues solved. The movement felt like a hot knife through melted butter. Smooth! I had unfortunately handled the InnoFader in a manner that caused it to eventually skip or jump around as it went to the left or right 100%. As it would close or turn the sound to the left or right off. It would occasionally jump towards the middle open. I did check curve settings and made sure I was not in CUT mode. The curve setting dial was half way. Mechanically I must have pulled the lever towards me, causing the carriage to fail partially.

Superb performance. Cleaned pots on vintage stereo with slight application.

Works good on volume controls not great on switches

good quality, good value