Anyone use an air compressor to clean hard to reach places in audio rack? I have an air purifier I can run on high to hopefully pull in all the dust once it's airborne?
I had been using a duster but it's still tough to get all areas including cables.
Anyone use an air compressor to clean hard to reach places in audio rack? I have an air purifier I can run on high to hopefully pull in all the dust once it's airborne?
I had been using a duster but it's still tough to get all areas including cables.
Big difference. Air from an air compressor unless it has incandescent filters will deploy moisture/condensation in the air tank from the compression process. Dust off will not. I use Dust Off all the time and I have a 60 gallon compressor in my shop.
Big difference. Air from an air compressor unless it has incandescent filters will deploy moisture/condensation in the air tank from the compression process. Dust off will not. I use Dust Off all the time and I have a 60 gallon compressor in my shop.
...I like to wipe gear off with a cloth, where practical. I also like these duster-things, which can get under gear, into little nooks, etc. They work very well. The disposable "rags" slip over the fork handle.
I rarely use the canned-air, as I feel it just makes a mini-cloud of dust, but the air combined with a small vacuum cleaner, suctioning while spraying helps in that regard.
Swiffer and ostrich feather dusters are fantastic at snapping cantilevers off of cartridges! I had a house cleaner kill one for me back in the 90's. She specifically wasn't supposed to "help" with the audio rack in the corner of the living room, but she just couldn't help herself....
...yes, my helper has been instructed not to "help" a couple of times now. Sometimes I think unless I crassly tell her the value of the stuff, she just thinks she's...helping. I told her the goofy looking vase upstairs is give-or-take 4,500 years old, and she stays way clear of that thing!
No one cleans the audio or video except me. I use a small detail / make up brush for the turntables. Years ago I had a cleaning lady to ruin the dustcover on a Dual turntable. Never again.
