Anybody use blue shower spray cleaner?

scottyboy76

Just bought a carver c11 pre off ebay, says it had been cleaned and checked by a shop, looks very clean, asked what cleaner they used, he said blue shower.

I never heard of it, looked up a lot of good reviews, however their newer g3 spray had one forum discussing it melting plastic in switches and ruining some stuff.

Was thinking of using a little deoxit gold on switches,etc., just didnt want to mix if possibly hazardous.

TNHNDYMAN

Never heard of it Scott. I'd use caution based on the reviews around anything plastic. Personally deoxit works so why take a chance.

[Deleted User]

I've used Blue Shower in the past with no problems, many audio repair shops use it. You should be fine.

Polkersince85

I'd use Caig's POT cleaner if anything on my C11. You could use the Gold on the RCA's.

scottyboy76

I own a couple cans of caig g5, thought it was good for switches etc.

Will be looking for the pot cleaner if i do decide to clean the switches, thanks guys

mhardy6647

Used to use it years and years ago (more accurately, my father used it in his business as a repair-person) - I use CAIG products now because they do seem to work the best of the stuff currently available on the "tough dogs" (to use the old TV service-person patois - or, probably more accurately, argot).

FWIW, I was sold on the performance of CAIG's DeOxit when it rescued the perennially recalcitrant function selector switch on my McIntosh C-28. None of the other contact cleaners I'd tried (and there were a couple) did the trick.

zingo

Here is the description of Techspray Blue Shower II Degreaser & Cleaner:

"This blend of HCFC-225 (Asahiklin AK-225) and ethanol was developed for general cleaning and degreasing. Non-flammable and safe on plastics, Blue Shower® II is ideal for precision cleaning of polar and non-polar soils including hand oils, solder oils, greases, silicone, fluxes, and similar soils. Excellent for tape head cleaning and general degreasing. Blue Shower® II can be used in vapor degreasers and batch cleaners, as well as hand and bench-top applications."

CoolJazz

I found some Blue Shower among my stuff this afternoon. Sprayed some on my hand. Dried and nothing there after about 20 sec or so. Leaves nothing for the pot to work with for a lubricant. Would clean but won't leave a lubricant at all behind. So you would really need to follow with something else.

CJ