Radio Shack pulled out of Canada and the stores got sold to a group called The Source. They don't carry as much DIY/repair stuff anymore and only have one rebranded generic cleaner product.
I got my Caig supply at a musical equipment chain here, Long and McQuade. I originally bought it to service my Mackie audio mixer. On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 3:25 AM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been using Craig Laboratory cleaners for 30 years. Every connector I > mate is first cleaned with their RED contact cleaner formula, then lubed with > their Blue contact preservative formula (or vice versa). Came with coarse > plastic applicators for doing grody RCA connectors. Also used it on ANY > (plain or gold) connectors in or on my cameras, computers, and automobiles. > Except for forgotten batteries in various household and medical appliances, I > never have any connectivity problems. > > Betcha Radio Shack still carries it. But no more than 10 cent bets, please. > > On Nov 13, 2012, at 09:29 , Bruce Walker wrote: > >> I use an electronic contact cleaner spray which I apply with a Q-tip. >> Hosa D5S-6 DeoxIT, by Caig Laboratories. >> >> Dirty hotshoe contacts (and battery contacts too; don't forget those) >> are the source of practically all my flash misfires. It similarly >> affects the radio trigger devices. >> >> I'd be leery of using isopropanol though. Better than nothing, but I >> have found it may leave a non-conductive residue. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
