How do you clean tube pins?

Hello,

1.) Use 0000 grade steel wool
2.) None
3.) Once, usually after I bought the tube and found out the pins needs cleaning
4.) I spray Pro Gold most of the time after cleaning the tube pins. After that, I do not worry about cleaning them again ever.

regards,

Abe

When I said "Steelwood" I was refering to my genius friend who used it and shorted his preamp. Very fine particulars find its way into the tube sucket and it was 4th of July

The steel wool is not the problem here don't you think?

Your genius friend, granted that he's a real genius needs to buy or acquire some goddamn common sense.

Think about the question of the original poster, then ask yourself if your response was appropriate. If it is, then suit yourself. I have nothing else to add.

regards,

Abe

Nahh, why would I feel that you cannot post in this thread? Anyone can, of course. We are here to entertain ourselves.

You know the problem with the Audiogon forums, everybody is pretending that it is real! Including me.

Great read though!

FWIW, I rarely use 9 pin small signal tubes nowadays. The smallest of tubes that I use extensively are the octals so steelwool is convenient to use in cleaning the pins. So in my case, scraping the audiophile approved gold plating on the pins is not really a factor.

There...I lied...I still have something to add......