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Anyone got tips on cleaning decks?

I've had my decks for nearly 8 years and I haven't given them a good clean. Think they're waaaaay over due.

Should I do it myself or take it to a shop and pay a fortune?

How easy/difficult is it?

Cheers.

Just give em a wipe! If that's what you mean

At the very least take the platter off and hoover under it. If you are confident enough to take them apart it would be worth doing the inside properly as well. If they have seen 8 years of proper use the pitches could well be a bit fucked by now (the only properly wearing part other than the platter bearing). I would say steer clear of most shops as (naming no names) many, including ones that claim to be techincs service centres, are run by people that know fuck all about electronics. It is quite likely you will be charged 20 quid a deck for someone to vacuum them for 10 secs. Of course im not applying this to everywhere, but unless you know of a place with a good reputation, try and find someone thats experienced or qualified to fiddle with expensive circuitry.

Deej wrote:At the very least take the platter off and hoover under it. If you are confident enough to take them apart it would be worth doing the inside properly as well. If they have seen 8 years of proper use the pitches could well be a bit fucked by now (the only properly wearing part other than the platter bearing). I would say steer clear of most shops as (naming no names) many, including ones that claim to be techincs service centres, are run by people that know fuck all about electronics. It is quite likely you will be charged 20 quid a deck for someone to vacuum them for 10 secs. Of course im not applying this to everywhere, but unless you know of a place with a good reputation, try and find someone thats experienced or qualified to fiddle with expensive circuitry.

Cheers. Yeh, I think my pitches need a clean, but no idea where to go.

Seen a place advertised in Camden, but it's a rip off.

Just buy a Service Manual and find out some information on the internet. Will just be like playing with complicated lego trust me Im doing it to mine soon and there aint no chance Im letting some greasy dude get paid for touching up my 1210s!

don't go too far with a break down to clean. it's better just to get a detail vacuum type thing and just give'm a once over every now and then. 1210's are tanks and take anything. but they are also a very delicate instrument and you don't want to cause trouble just trying to get dust out of them.

no matter what you do UNPLUG your technics before you take off the platter-- it's the main grounding component. or so i've been told by a bunch of repair dudes.

Cheers. Yeh, I think my pitches need a clean, but no idea where to go.

Seen a place advertised in Camden, but it's a rip off.

Cleaning pitches is pretty difficult as you have to take them apart, and they werent designed with maintenance in mind. It involves bending a load of metal strips which never go back tightly enough when you re-assemble the pitch. Basically they almost always get replaced for this reason, combined with the fact that cleaning them doesnt normally solve the problem as the 'tracks' in the pitch (they're basically variable resistors) get worn out anyway.

If you are experienced/ confident enough to do this sort of thing you can be a geek like me and change the colour of the LEDs while you have them apart