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Where does everyone buy their Deoxit?

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Anubis

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I have a Rat Shack, JK Electronics and Home Depot near me and none of them carry the Deoxit I need.
I have the regular spray can of #5, but I need the bottle of Red and a bottle of Gold. Yes, I'm following the "Deoxit for dummies" post to the letter, because it's great. So I want to do it right. My Pioneer SX-990 has been sitting untouched for 3 weeks and I don't want to start cleaning it and replacing bulbs and such until I have everything I need.

So where do you guys get the bottles of Red and Gold Deoxit? I'll just go where you go.
 
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Guitar Center? I never would have thought of that. Do they carry the full line or just the standard Deoxit?
frys is always out of what I need.
I'll go with parts express and pay full price as I don't know when it will be on sale and I don't want my project sitting there untouched for another month or more. (Unless $25 is a sale price for Deoxit Gold)?
 
I can't remember but I have the standard three cans, Deoxit D5, Gold G5, and Faderlube F5, about $12-15 each in 5oz spray cans.
 
Guitar and amp pots crud up just as much as any Hi-Fi gear. GC is pretty much the only show in town for me, but I'm on their mailing list and re-stock when they send me a 40% off coupon.
 
Everyone doen't buy Deoxit but that's another topic :D.

I get it from a local electronics supply outfit in the city but our suburban RadioShack stores carry a similar product if not actual deoxot (can't recall). Some folks use a contact cleaner from the auto parts store but depending on what you intend to used it on caveat emptor.

Edit: oops saw you were specifically looking for red and gold stuff. I don't. I asked at the electronics supply they told me the vast majority of their techs come in buy X so I went with X, whatever X was.
 
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I was going to get a bottle of the gold and a bottle of the red from Partsexpress, but they nail you to the wall on shipping! So they turn out to be the most expensive. (I just got a mag lamp and speakers from them and found that Amazon gets the products through them, but cuts the shipping almost in half. (Partsexpress = $30 shipping vs Amazon = $19 shipping) I ordered through amazon.

I like that sweetwater place Catrafter, but they don't have the bottles of Deoxit.

I'm following the Deoxit for Dummies instructions to the letter and it specifically calls for a bottle of red and a bottle of gold Deoxit that one can use with q-tips or pipe cleaners to clean and lube RCA jacks and other spots where a spray can is not appropiate to use.
 
I wonder what kinda deal we might get on a 55 gallon drum, direct from Caig? :D We could have one of us bottle it up into say, 1 quart bottles, & ship it out to other AKers. :scratch2:
 
Anubis said:
I like that sweetwater place Catrafter, but they don't have the bottles of Deoxit.

I'm following the Deoxit for Dummies instructions to the letter and it specifically calls for a bottle of red and a bottle of gold Deoxit that one can use with q-tips or pipe cleaners to clean and lube RCA jacks and other spots where a spray can is not appropiate to use.
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Spray a small amount of DeoxIt in the can cap, dip a q-tip in that and apply it where you want.

Tom
 
catrafter said:
Spray a small amount of DeoxIt in the can cap, dip a q-tip in that and apply it where you want.

Tom
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Oh, I didn't think of that. I thought the stuff in the spray can was a little different in viscosity or something, but then thinking about it I realized it isn't, just the same stuff under pressure.
 
spaceman said:
I wonder what kinda deal we might get on a 55 gallon drum, direct from Caig? :D We could have one of us bottle it up into say, 1 quart bottles, & ship it out to other AKers. :scratch2:
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Hey, thanks, I'm down for a pint. Let me know when you are ready to ship. :D That ought to be a lifetime supply, lol.
 
Although I have been buyng my Deoxit locally. Sweetwater is excellent. I purchased a guitar amp from them and their customer service is great. That's one company I would buy from again in a New York second. :thmbsp:
 
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