starman wrote:

"Mark S. Holden" wrote:

Judah Smith wrote:

Hi everyone. It's me again. I just got in a MINT! I mean mint
KENWOOD R-300. It a beauty. Perfect external condition. Everything
seems to work....
But here is my problem...the swtich that changes the bands (BAND
SWITCH) when I click it around to different settings...it seems to
crackle. And on one of the bands....I have to click it off and on
that band once or twice before it kicks in, and I can hear anything.
I know it must be a dirty switch....dust....none of the other buttons
or knobs seem to suffer from this....but can I clean it with some
spray stuff? And if so what? What would Radio Shack carry....that
would work?....tuner cleaner? And can I use this on the volume
controls as well..? I want to make sure I don;t mess up the
radio....but what is best for cleaning switchs....not the tuning
mechanism itself....just the band switch and volume
control....HELP!!!??? I plan to go to radio shack tomorrow so let me
know what all you experts think....

P.s. I'll be writing a review on this one soon....I have to say it is
the nicest looking radio I have owned to date. The emerald green glow
of the front dials....is sweet!!!

I'd suggest you look at de-oxit and related products from Caig laboratories. It works.

They sell a variety pack with samples of several products for about $25. It'll come in handy for years.

The stuff you'll find at Radio Shack will have solvents that could damage some components.

I agree. It's worth waiting to clean the switch until you get some
DeOxit. Very good stuff.



Here's the link to a $10 survival kit with 2ml of each of 4 products.

http://shopping.netledger.com/app/site/site.nl/site.ACCT113328/mode.items/sc.2/category.82/it.A/id.1655/.f






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