Hosa Caig Deoxit Contact Cleaner 5% Spray 5 Oz

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If DeOxit makes your bulb in your flashlight seemingly brighter, just try the same experiment with lighter fluid and bear in mind you have added an electrolyte solution to an electrical circuit which can make it conduct better. The mission of Blue Horizon is to provide class-leading products that enhance the performance of audio components, thereby maximising the end-user’s musical enjoyment. But Naptha is a good cleaner and a bit of a lubricant and of course depending on what the mystery 5% is maybe a really good lubricant. Therefore, we have assembled a De-Oxit maintenance kit that will provide years of service and help to keep your hi-fi and AV plugs and connectors in pristine condition. I also know that to test products we put them in a salt fog booth then take aircraft aluminum’s and scratch X’s into them, then treat the metal then place it in the booth. I can unequivocally state that DeOxIt is NOT AS GOOD as Mil-Spec Corrosion Preventative Compound (Mil-PRF-81309) because I’ve tested it in salt fog booths myself. It just isn’t as good.

If I've gotten anything from this thread it's that both the CRC stuff and the Deoxit products work well. But I would always clean with something non-residue first, then use deoxit. What it will not do. IT WILL NOT REMOVE RUST. IT WILL NOT REMOVE OXIDATION, and let me qualify that by saying tightly bonded oxidation. Loose oxidation products……..okay, I’ll buy that. But let me explain by that I mean loosely bonded oxide films that you cannot see or see that they are removed. The NAPTHA CLEANS IT. There is no chemical conversion that I am aware of. If he's been using it for years with no issues that's great, but I am also looking for the "cringe" emoticon. I use WD40 to lube my 9mm (which makes gun nuts cringe for some reason) and it's been shooting perfectly well for over 10 years. But WD40 for electronics, probably only as an emergency field measure in a professional setting. Like if I was producing a live-shot and the pots on the portable mixer started acting up. The point it, I wouldn't use it at home either. In high-end audio, it is vital to maintain the integrity of the signal by making the best possible connection between components. By simply removing oxidation and contaminants from cable connectors, sonic performance is significantly improved. Improves conductivity and reduces intermittent connections. Reduces arcing, RFI, wear and abrasion. Cleaner Audio – Clearer Video – Reliable Data.Main ingredient = Petroleum Naptha. That’s lighter fluid folks. 60 to 100%. Ok it isn’t a 100% because it contains Methyl NonaFlouroButyl Ether. Yeah, yeah, that’s the propellant in the can. The stuff that makes the lighter fluid spray out. Then you have 1 to 5% of your trade secret. DeOxIt is indeed the old vintage stereo guys friend. Please stop saying it is a miracle product though. I am doing a big deoxit maintence on everything electrical here. I am kind of wondering, does this stuff ever remove actual visible deposits on equipment with just flushing action?

These days the spray is a light hydrocarbon. The "flush" part used to be a Chlorocarbon which was a bit more effective, but I've certainly seen it lift corrosion. So I know a thing or two about Corrosion, Corrosion prevention …….. make that a thing or three. I was the up and coming wonder boy in the program as well and once co-authored a paper on Trivalent Chromium aluminum surface treatments with one of the scientists on aircraft aluminum. I never saw a before and after picture for deoxit after a month of it sitting in heavy accumulation on a connector. If its just an old ratty BNC on something, how long does it have 'cleaning power' for? Can you assume its working for an entire month or does it oxidize or get consumed or 'stratify' so you need to reapply it every day/week/etc during 'cleaning period'? The result is a cleaner, smoother and more open sound – even on brand new hi-fi equipment. It gives more three-dimensional space to the soundstage, better depth perspective, subtly bigger and bouncier bass and silkier treble with more midband detail too. The difference isn’t profound, but is easily recognisable. For this reason, it comes highly recommended – particularly considering the modest price. DP Again, this was not a hit piece. I like DeOxIt. I use it because I can’t buy Mil-C-81309. But it isn’t what most people thinks that it is.So I can’t say for sure DeOxIt has a barium inhibitor in it but I bet it is an inhibitor of some kind. As far as converting oxides on metal you need an acid for that. It can’t be an acid in DeOxit because then it couldn’t be listed as a “Trade Secret” because by law “Trade Secret” stuff can’t be hazardous. Stuff like phenolic acid and chromic acid is hazardous.

Okay, so I don’t know what it is but I know what is in some of the greatest corrosion preventative compounds that there are. In the Navy the Corrosion Preventative Compound we use is also lighter fluid, and propellant with a barium corrosion inhibitor. I parlayed that into a job with a place called NAESU where I was a Tech Rep assisgned to the Materials Science Program. During both tenures I either had access to a lab or the greatest minds in the DOD Materials Science Program. Corrosion Control costs the government billions annually in the DOD and particularly the Navy. Airplanes landing on carriers and such. High stresses in highly salt environments. Some of the smartest scientists I ever met were in the DOD Materials Science program. This blog is NOT a hit piece on DeOxIt. Hell, I have a can of DeOxIt. And I use it. But I know what it will do and what it will not do. Company policy is that we do not under any circumstances issue instructions to our couriers to leave deliveries unattended when no one is at the delivery location. For the record I use Deoxit but I tend to use the 100% liquid, a bit of a soak then a rub with a q-tip and then a flush with IPA. My little 7.4ml bottle has about 1/3rd left and it has seen a *lot* of use over the last 7 years. I suppose I should buy some more.Over the weekend, my buddy asked me to tag along on a visit to a local tech. This guy was repairing my friend's Crown DC300A. When we arrived he was finishing up a Marshall guitar amp head. The guy fixed the Crown. He replaced 3 or 4 output transistors that had shorted out. There was still a bit of static when turning one of the gain pots. My friend said that he used Deoxit and the static cleared up, only to have it reappear after the tech repaired the amp. Improves connector performance/reliability. Temperature range: -34 to +200oC. Spray, adjustable valve (L-M-H) – Flushing Action, and Safe on Plastics. DeoxIT7 D100L concentrate has approximately 20% chemical cleaning action. Excellent cleaning/deoxidizing, good protection, no ozone depletion. At Mains Cables R Us, we have used Caig De-Oxit products for many years. The reason for this is simple: they do exactly what they say on the tin, and bring both sonic and visual benefits to equipment and ancillaries when used. And let me qualify that statement. Right around 1995 or so I got a got a job in Fleet Training in the Naval Aviation Depot as a Corrosion Control Instructor and the Aircraft Painting School. Previously in the Navy I spent a couple of years in the Corrosion Control shop of VA-34. My equipment has never really been maintained with it because frankly I was just too cheap to buy this stuff. It certainly turns into an all day affair when you decide you need to clean EVERYTHING.

I can clean the bird poop off my car with 400 wet and dry too. Doesn't mean it's the right tool for the job.