Common household product that can be used for pot lube?

[DrGonz78]

If it starts looking like wood just make it look more phenolic. Yeah I’m sure of one thing it’s a wafer but yeah it’s not wood. For some reason water displacement in a can does something to make it more stable. I swear that I have a couple old 40’s power switches that look like wood I will dig one out if I can find it. You know out here in the desert wood is a good insulator. I made an amp called ole Woody, it has wood patterned duct tape and is currently mounted to a piece of wood. I can add that wooden switch into the circuit. Label it Hard Morning Wood. Just don’t spray a bunch WD40 all over the place.

[pdf64]

Maybe I'm not old enough (at 73 as of today), but I've never seen a pot with a wooden wafer.
Typical wafer material is FR-2 (phenolic resin) board.

Happy Birthday, many happy returns!

[Helmholtz]

Happy Birthday, many happy returns!

Thank you very much, Pete.

[Chuck H]

Indeed Happy Birthday (belated) Roland. I hope someone on your end made it nice. Cake, dinner, maybe a pint, etc.

[Helmholtz]

Indeed Happy Birthday (belated) Roland.

Thanks Chuck.
Your timing is perfect as I posted after midnight, so still my birthday.

[eschertron]

I made an amp called ole Woody, it has wood patterned duct tape and is currently mounted to a piece of wood. I can add that wooden switch into the circuit. Label it Hard Morning Wood. Just don’t spray a bunch WD40 all over the place.

I find it best to leave hard morning wood unsprayed!

[Delta362]

Happy Birthday, Helmholtz!

[Helmholtz]

Happy Birthday, Helmholtz!

Thank you, Sir.

[DrGonz78]

Oh shoot I didn’t even notice!! Happy birthday!! late to the party.

[J M Fahey]

Best to use dedicated products but if impossible, say 6 feet snow outside, or it´s Saturday afternoon, and you need it NOW, you can split the job: squirt a little kerosene/petrol or turpentine as suggested above inside to clean it, dissolve caked grease, hopefully loosen and remove dust and lint.

If available you can use medical grade (meaning 94% pure) Ethyl Alcohol or Isopropyl type (what the canned spray cleaner uses)

"Pressure wash" it inside using a medical syringe and needle. ; do it over a clean napkin and see dirty cleaner flow out, let it drip out, and then apply *a little* squirt of WD40 to restore some lubrication.
Pot will be clean, usable, but "too loose" (no big deal) because you removed thick-ish grease between shaft and threaded collar.

If important, you can partially disassemble pot and add a small dab of grease (I use car/water pump type red Lithium grease) between them.

Again: no best or even exact replacements but reasonably usable *already at home* products.

[daz]

apply *a little* squirt of WD40 to restore some lubrication.

Really? I have read many times WD40 had no lubrication properties once dry. I'll try it if you're sure but i have read so many times it's not a lube and also not good to use in pots that i'm a bit gunshy.

[Helmholtz]

WD-40 was originally developed as a water repellant.

Honestly, why not just get a small can of D5? It's tried and tested, works (even though it's not a lubricant but a contact cleaner/enhancer) and does no harm.
If used on Q-Tips a small can last for many years.

Hope, no one suggests to use butter next .

[daz]

WD-40 was originally developed as a water repellant.

Honestly, why not just get a small can of D5? It's tried and tested, works and does no harm.
If used on Q-Tips a small can lasts for many years.

Hope, no one suggests to use butter next .

3 reasons.... 1-every other can i buy if not 2 out of 3 leaks all over me when i squirt it, even with the new "improved" nozzle. 2-i do NOT get years of use, more like a year with all the leakage plus they often run out of propellant well before it's empty, and 3-all that for about $20? No thanks, i tend to not patronize companies who sell defective products for a fortune. And yes, i'm sure your experience is better then mine for whatever reason and you wouldn't be the only one. But i AM the one so i'm done wit them. I tend to hold to my strong principles when it comes to stuff like this. Vote with your wallet !

[Helmholtz]

Spray some D5 into a small bottle and use cotton swabs.
You should really use a dedicated pot care product. Apart from D5 I had good results wit Kontakt PR, made by TermoPasty/Poland.
Or be prepared to exchange your pots soon.

[g1]

WD40 is quite controversial with arguments both for and against. I believe some builder had claimed it was the only thing that should be used on their pot in a wah type application. Someone at a major manufacturer once told me they tossed mixing board pcb's into a vat of WD to clean the pots. Not sure about that one as he was not part of their service dept.
The few times I've had to use it in a pinch, nothing horrible ever came out of it.
It may not have began as a lube, but it does now contain a fair bit of 'petroleum based oil' and is now considered a lubricant of sorts.
https://files.wd40.com/pdf/sds/mup/w...sds-us-ghs.pdf