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Gear / Technical Help => Recording Gear => Topic started by: jbell on October 15, 2013, 07:34:56 PM

Title: M10 power button is sticky
Post by: jbell on October 15, 2013, 07:34:56 PM

Can I safely use alcohol to clean the power slider on my M10??  It sticks when powering on or off.  TIA

Title: Re: M10 power button is sticky
Post by: LikeASong on October 16, 2013, 05:29:49 AM

Is it rubber or plastic? I once used alcohol for a similar task (the rubber-ish gain slider of a recorder) and it stopped being sticky when sliding but acquired a very disgusting touch, like it was half dissolved or something. Terrible actually.

If it's plastic I don't think there's a problem.

Title: Re: M10 power button is sticky
Post by: fmaderjr on October 19, 2013, 03:16:38 PM

Probably the best & safest method is to use DeoxIt.

Much more expensive than alcohol, but it's good stuff to have on hand for other uses such as cleaning noisy volume control knobs on stereo receivers, etc.

Title: Re: M10 power button is sticky
Post by: jbell on October 19, 2013, 03:25:49 PM

Thanks I'll grab some!!  I was thinking alcohol would be an easier option, but I don't want to damage the recorder.

Quote from: fmaderjr on October 19, 2013, 03:16:38 PM

Probably the best & safest method is to use DeoxIt.

Much more expensive than alcohol, but it's good stuff to have on hand for other uses such as cleaning noisy volume control knobs on stereo receivers, etc.