Jamie wrote:

Phil Allison wrote:
"Eeysore"

I'm repairing a Midas Venice mixing console. Try and avoid doing so.
It's a nightmare

Despite the agent's tech insisting that the 'solo' switches are 'self
cleaning', no amount of exercising them will prevent 2 of them behaving
intermittently.

** Obviously YOU lack the necessary Midas touch !!!!!

Maybe just a little WD40 down the shaft will do the trick - not a whole
flood of it mind you.

Don't want that precious console to wind up looking like Venice.....

WD-40 (fish oil as main ingredient or used to be) dries out.

Spraying the contacts for suspected electrical issues, only
temporarily fixes, and normally makes it worse afterwards.

Which is why I won't be doing that.


Since most chemicals tend to deteriorate the contact surfaces and
allows for pitted areas that no longer receives regular wiping from the
switch action, erosion sets in.

For proper restoration, switch contacts and surface ways need to
be polished and optionally copper antioxidant applied as used in
wire drawing operations.

Or fit a new switch !

Graham