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I've ordered those two products (the tiny, 100% concentrate, 2ml tubes versions) to treat my connections
I do have a few questions:
1) my preamp is vintage and has old grey RCA sockets. I'm planning to first clean them with deoxit. Can I still use some Deoxit Gold afterwards even tho they are not gold plated? And should I rinse the deoxit cleaner (with some isopropyl alcohol for example) beforehand?
2) how long does Deoxit Gold need to "rest" on the sockets before wiping it off and reconnecting? I've seen a guy leaving the product 24H before wiping off the excess
May sound like stupid questions but I'm pretty sure one could ruin a system's sound with improper use...
Follow Ups:
Your instincts are correct, they can be helpful in cleaning but don 't leave them on without wiping down surfaces with rubbing alcohol or some such. They will corrode the material further/remove plating if left on.
IMHO
Best cleaner for already visually clean surfaces: Kontak. Really lift veils from sound, you won't believe how much improvement a clean can make. Will make sound too bright for a couple of days before it settles in.
https://www.kontakaudio.com/products/kontak-fluid
Best long term contact protector/enhancer: Stabilant 22. One bottle will last a lifetime! surfaces treated with this sound great for years on end. Many vendors for this stuff.
https://www.posthorn.com/Stab_2.html
I have been using the old De-ox-id for years with no problems.
Works as it should and easily applied using the nail polish style brush. It has been years but my bottle looks like its still full, so I think it's very economical. Wipe with the brush, then wipe it off with a cotton rag or cotton buds after about a few seconds. Cannot promise sound improvement but the connectors are clean and no sign of the black smudge so far.
Q tips are excellent for getting into male rca connectors and to clean the exterior of the females. Spray some dexit on the cotton end.
do you have a link? Anything I've used over many years have been 'connector & contact TREATMENT'
For cleaning or flushing I've used CRC QD contact cleaner or similar, which evaporate quickly
Say Sonny, back in my day, before they changed the name, Deoxit was called Cramolin and ya got two bottles of liquid, one red, one blue. Same as today I think. The red is cleaner, the blue 'contact enhancer'.
But ya can't get $50 for red and blue plus 2 steps is one too many for fat old hobbyists so they made it gold.
I have 4 different sprays, and 4 different pens. Only one is a concentrate.
The msds or sds sheets says they are all slightly different, the one with the most difference is the plastic faders on mixing boards.
The cans have lousy leaky sprayers, all of them.
Does this help, gramps?
I used to use Deoxit products, if fact I've tried just about all of them over the years. Concentrate, spray, wipes. I stopped using them, and found that they are only good for using on corroded tube pins. If corrosion is your problem,
Use it then thoroughly clean it off with isopropanol. I recommend against using any of their stuff for contact cleaning/enhancing. It works at first (quite well too), but after about 7-9 months, the sound deteriorates and it seems to go bad and needs to be cleaned off and replaced. If you need to clean connections, use isopropanol.
I have no experience using other contact enhancers, I know others swear by them.
As always, YMMV.
Jack
Edits: 08/23/22
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