vpi jmw tonarm rust yes rust

I hope I didn't offend anyone here. My intentions where certainly not to "slam" VPI. I brought this up to see if anyone else possibly had a similar problem, and possibly to warn them.

We'll I've got my dehumidifier going, turned out it was about 75% in my listing room. I guess that's what did it.

Audiobugged, thanks for your in depth response. I waiting to hear back from VPI and will let everyone know what happens when I do.

In case anyone's interested. According to VPI the arm is composed of aluminum and stainless steel, therfore whatever it is, it isn't rust. They suggested aluminum cleaner, or I can send the arm back to them to have it refinished.

Thanks Audiobugged. I'll try to track that down the TSI 301. The whole thing really confuses me because according to VPI it cannot and will not rust. I may just send it to them and have them look at it.

Ooops!

Good to hear! Just out of curiosity what was wrong with your arm. It wasn't rusting was it?

It's good to hear all of these positive stories from people who have had issues with their VPI products. I am most likley going to send the arm back to them to have them refinish it.

According to VPI it wasn't rust, it was oxidation of the aluminum caused by something foreign on it.

They refinished it at no cost.

I guess they say iron rusts and aluminum oxidizes. It's all the same to me.