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An easy way to clean hard-to-reach control pots

Pot Cleaning Cap


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Here's a quick solution for cleaning noisy hard-to-reach control pots (CTS brand), without extracting them from a guitar or amp. It's a real labor-saver for archtop guitars, and it even works for Gibson Varitone switches, too. Simply remove the control knob and screw on the Pot Cleaning Cap. An access hole guides your spray cleaner extension tube directly to the pot shaft. The cleaner flows down the shaft to where it's needed at the contacts. A hole in the top of the cap lets you turn a split pot shaft with a screwdriver for thorough coverage as you spray.

We recommend DeoxIT Pot & Switch Cleaner.

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Pot Cleaning Cap
 
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0291 Pot Cleaning Cap Yes
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"An absolute must for vintage F-hole instruments. Every guitar shop needs to have at least one."
—John Brown, Brown Guitar Factory

Pot Cleaning Cap is made from stainless steel.

NOTE: The Pot Cleaning Cap is designed to work with 3/8 x 32-thread CTS brand control pots. It will not work with Alpha brand control pots.

TIP: Aerosol contact cleaners can spray cold, and can potentially crack a guitar's finish. Always protect the finish with a cloth when cleaning pots and switches.
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Pot Cleaning Cap
Pot Cleaning Cap
 
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5 5-15-2012
Essential!

I was mildly skeptical when I ordered this - because trying to get cleaner down the shaft of a pot never works! But this is fantastic! It works great for 3/8 x 32 pots but it works surprisingly well with other sizes as well (messier of course). I use it on every amp and effects pedal I service (put it somewhere safe though because it's easy to lose on a messy bench!).

Deane-Freeman Electronics  Adelaide, South Australia Read my reviews (3)
5 1-28-2011
Works extremely well

I used this "Pot Cleaning Cap" on a Mesa Boogie V-twin pedal that had a stubbornly scratchy "Volume" pot. I removed all of the knobs, grabbed a can of DeOxit (highly recommended) and went to work. Long story short, all of the pot are now as quiet as new and turn a bit more smoothly now. When you spray the DeOxit, and plug the top hole of the cap, you can feel the pressure build inside the cap as it tries to lift your finger off of it. Just five or six "pulses" and you're good. Thanks Stew-Mac!

D.G.  Lubbock, TX
5 1-02-2011
Great tool

An excellent, simplistic tool that targets the cleaner right where you need it. I love it.

Don S.  Michigan
5 12-08-2010
A very good idea

This little tool is very practical and enables doing a clean work. Highly recommendable.
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