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Default What is the difference between tuner cleaner and contact cleaner?

On Aug 22, 12:54*pm, micky wrote:
What is the difference between tuner cleaner and contact cleaner?



The only specific characteristic of "tuner cleaner" that I'm aware of
is that it's (was?) formulated to not be aggressive on plastics. Back
when mechanical tuners were made, they generally had phenolic wafers
to hold the contacts, but some used plastic or had plastic elsewhere
in the tuner. Tuner cleaners were generally pumped into various
openings in the tuner in order to flood and shotgun the whole assy,
rather than disassemble the tuner and apply the cleaner only to the
actual contacts. Other contact cleaners may or may not be tough on
plastics.