Contact Cleaner


Time to remove the oxidation and crud from my interconnects/speaker cables/terminals. Any favorite brands out there? Or can I same myself some bucks by buying generic without the added expense of pricey 'designer labels'?
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polysaturation is the same as hydrogentating, i think. it's a process where you heat up a chemical, usually fat, and you inject hydrogen into the mix. the hydrogen then bonds with the fat cell to fill the valance shells. i think that is how it goes anyways. high school was many moons ago.

so CAIG doesn't remove oxidation very well. but does that thing improve the sound of your system better than any other stuff in the market? i just bought a bottle of isoprophyl alcohol to clean the contacts today. I am sure i spelled it wrong.
I found an excellent contact cleaner today while shopping for some auto care stuff at Kragen autoparts.

The product is called QD Electronic Cleaner manufactured by CRC. Yup, I never heard of it before either. I just picked up a $5 can out of curiosity.

After rubbing away the oxidation on my electrical contacts on my components and cables with 90% prophopyl alcohol, I gave every component a deep polish with the QD, and sprayed intensively in female inputs where it is impossible to clean. This stuff dries almost instantly, so wiping is not neccessary. Just let the excess drip out.

Now, my system sounds like it just had TWO cable upgrades. The breakdown on the improvements in sound is probably 70% QD and 30% prophopyl alcohol. I've used prophopyl alcohol before, and my system never reached this level of clarity before.