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Where does everyone buy their Deoxit?

My local Radio Shack no longer carries DeOxit, but a RS store brand knock-off works quite well, and you get a much larger can for the same money. They also sell their own Faderlube knock-off.
 
Bstable said:
+2 Sweetwater has great customer service. Free shipping, and they even include candy in the package. $14 shipped.
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I just purchased DeOxit & DeOxit GOLD from Sweetwater; one of the best buying experiences I've ever had! Their customer service is BEYOND great! :yes:

Thanks for the tip~ :thmbsp:
 
Let me heap some more praise on Sweetwater. Got my replacement headphone ear pads and some Faderlube from them. Great prices and service. Usually get DeoxIT from Guitar Center but they were out of F5 at the time.
 
The only walk-in store that i could find carrying it here in central New Engand was Guitar Center. The store i went to is in Boston (near BU) and they had a pretty complete supply.

I can tell you a few places that definitely didn't have it:

the 3 small instrument shops (guitars, basses, drum kits, etc) in the 40 miles radios from my house.

2 of the electrical contractor storefronts near me

Home Depot

Lowe's

Radio Shack

In the end, I realized there isn't a can of Deoxit within 75 miles of my house. (I live that far west of Boston)

Good luck

---brett
 
Brett a said:
The only walk-in store that i could find carrying it here in central New Engand was Guitar Center. The store i went to is in Boston (near BU) and they had a pretty complete supply.

I can tell you a few places that definitely didn't have it:

the 3 small instrument shops (guitars, basses, drum kits, etc) in the 40 miles radios from my house.

2 of the electrical contractor storefronts near me

Home Depot

Lowe's

Radio Shack

In the end, I realized there isn't a can of Deoxit within 75 miles of my house. (I live that far west of Boston)

Good luck

---brett
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Frys is a joke and probably has not had it in stock for years or has cans of it with faulty sprayers or something.
Parts-express is just too darn expensive especially when you add what they charge for shipping. (Not saying Parts Express is bad in any way, I bought a couple of things from them a month ago, just a bit high priced in the shipping mostly).

One word for ya: "Sweetwater" as praised throughout this thread.
That's the one thing I learned from this thread and a nice thing to learn indeed. They have the lowest price and from reports here, great CS and etc. I understand they even include candy with your order! (Silly but I bet it works).
I have not bought anything from them yet, but I am going to. I paid $16 plus tax for my can of Deoxit at a local electronics shop.
From now on it's Sweetwater for me!
(In fact, I just noticed they have good deals on effects pedals. Even less than GC)! I may soon be saying hello to a Wah pedal!
 
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Anubis said:
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.
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I use Deoxit D5 and Faderlube because those are usually the most accessible. I don't use Gold because I'm cheap although it may be a good idea. Cheap or lazy is also why I won't by the bottle versions. Cheap is why I won't use the Radio Shack twin-rip-off pack of Deoxit DN5 and Gold GN5 which is more for cleaning RCA jacks and connections than pots and sliders.

For areas where sprays are not accessible, I spray on to a q-tip or pipe cleaner and then apply. I will use a paper towel as a backstop holding q-tip or pipe cleaner to avoid overspraying onto surrounding.

If you are using Deoxit D5 on pots followup with Faderlube to replenish lubrication. Some will use 100% Deoxit D-100S or Faderlube only on sliders or pots because of concerns of damage. Gold is mainly a preservative.

Arkay and Markthefixer have been exchanging notes and hopefully revisions will be made shortly.
http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showpost.php?p=3693359&postcount=117
 
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Anubis said:
Frys is a joke and probably has not had it in stock for years or has cans of it with faulty sprayers or something...
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Ha that's funny pretty much what happened to me at the local Fry's, all they had was some Progold in a pen applicator for about $16 that had apparently been opened, returned and restocked. (Fry's certainly came in handy though when I had a hard drive fail at 8:45 PM and got one a new one there before they closed at 9.) Then I found Guitar Center, only 3 miles from my house and much closer than Fry's, stocks a good selection of Caig products and at a good price too.
 
Anubis said:
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.
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Dipping it is a good idea too.

The different formulations are based on different needs

DN5 is quick drying but obviously does not have the flushing action of D5.
The bottle form allows for more precision application than the spray.
 
I was just at Radio Shack and they had the small Gold & Red in a pack for $14.99. Not bad for the both of them.
 
I get mine from my employer, who I was expecting to see mentioned but disappointed it hasn't yet been. I'd certainly plug them here but I believe that's not allowed.

Anyway I once won a can of it from Grumpy.
 
Another Sweetwater fan, just ordered Deoxit D5 and Faderlube, excellent price/free shipping/nice folks/attentive service.
 
Received my order of D5, Faderlube and candy from Sweetwater today, $13.99 each and free shipping to boot. They also sent a catalog of audio related equipment, recommend Sweetwater for Deoxit and any other audio needs.
 
If I want to buy a 5oz can of 5% DeOxit D5 in the UK it can cost me up to the equivalent of $34.54 to get it to my door.

Best price I have seen (searched just now) is the equivalent of $31.51

So, to answer the OP's question - "The cheapest place I can get it !"
 
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