Cleaning the dust off pedals?

[smoss469]

Originally Posted by ruger9

Nah, I get where he's coming from. If I'm very busy working I don't have time to play for awhile, dust does collect on the gear. Nothing wrong with dusting it off... a little dusting now negates wiping with windex later. No different than dusting your music room, or any room in your house... you guys DO clean your houses, right? Right?

This. Plus I decided to get organized, which meant collecting all the pedals I had laying around and putting them in totes for easier storage. Some pedals had been laying around for a while so I figured might as well clean them up while I'm organizing them.

[jefrs]

Originally Posted by ruger9

Nah, I get where he's coming from. If I'm very busy working I don't have time to play for awhile, dust does collect on the gear. Nothing wrong with dusting it off... a little dusting now negates wiping with windex later. No different than dusting your music room, or any room in your house... you guys DO clean your houses, right? Right?

Are you married?

No - I could but apparently I do it all wrong.




It's like washing-up. My take on that is I bought and installed the dishwasher.


it works ...

[Jagg76]

Originally Posted by Radspin

Q-Tips work for me. Use them with a little Windex if you have to.

+1 And if Q-tips are too big, try tooth picks.

-Jagg

[jefrs]

Is a tooth pick a pick made from a tooth or a pick with little teeth on it?

These are important questions.

[TeleShredder]

Originally Posted by JoeNeri

Once a month I remove all of my pedals from my board and dip them in a big bucket of water with OxiClean and Listerine (with a little bit of lemon zest added). Hose 'em down on my patio and sun-dry them before putting them back on my board. Clean, sparkly and ready for my next gig.

and this dont hurt your pedals

[Hoopermazing]

Originally Posted by TeleShredder

and this dont hurt your pedals

It probably wouldn't if you let them dry completely... but I'm pretty sure that he was being facetious (and doesn't bother cleaning pedals.)

[Beachbum]

Originally Posted by Telebrand

Oh and any residue from things like stickers or rubber feet or really anything else can be taken off with naphtha. AKA zippo lighter fluid!

Just make sure not to use lacquer thinner unless you like pedals with no graphics.

[nrand]

[QUOTE=jefrs;4362567]Are you married?

No - I could but apparently I do it all wrong.




It's like washing-up. My take on that is I bought and installed the dishwasher.



+1 although I find a green handle is easier on the eye. For even better results hold the nozzle of your vacuum near the brush as you go - this prevents the dust from simply recirculating around your room.

The added bonus for the addition of the vacuum is your wife/partner will think you are doing housework! There is nothing sexier for a woman than than the sound of a man cleaning.

[Shufflepig]

Dust cleaning off pedals, and defeating static noise, brother stop in your local electronics or camera shop and buy "canned air" with a little direcitonal straw and long reaching soft brush, should do the trick. Any so it goes.