MonkeySpank
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Off-topic alert:
I bought a used Roland JP-8000 and it smells of stale gig
smoke. 
Is there an effective way to clean it up to get rid of that smell?
Thanks.
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matt keen
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Quote MonkeySpank:
Off-topic
alert:
I bought a used Roland JP-8000 and it smells of stale gig smoke.
Is there an effective way to clean it up to get rid of that
smell?
Thanks.
The nicotine is "layered" on the surface.
What about trying the "back to
black" type products that are used to car interiors?
Spray it on the cloth then rub,
rather than spray on the Roland
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Korff
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Light some incense and tell your mum you're just holding onto the cigarettes for a friend.
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Over time it will wear off, but Mr. Sheen would help in the short term.
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steve355
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Quote MonkeySpank:
I bought a
used Roland JP-8000 and it smells of stale gig smoke.
Smoke
around it a lot. Before long it'll smell of nice fresh smoke. Problem solved.
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ken long
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Damp cloth (not dripping!) with a drop of scented washing liquid. Rub, let dry. Repeat.
Rub, let dry. Repeat. etc...
Personally, I like Fairy's Grapefruit Essence in
their Anti Bacterial range.
ken
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Mart[y]n
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Febreeze is great at tackling odors on things you can't wash so easily.
Well
thats what the adverts say, but if we all believed adverts we'd have consolidated our
debts into one easy to manage loan with Ocean finance....
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Yes. Or taking prolonged whiffs of cat food — really savouring that rich aroma — before
serving it to our cats on finest bone-china plates. Garnished, naturally, with a sprig of
parsley.
Edited by Korff (05/11/09 03:51 PM)
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Collie
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Babywipes are effective at removing most stubborn stains and odours and they won't harm
the fascia/Finish
Failing that if your competent enough,the only way to
completly remove Cigarette stains/Odours,from a casing is to do what I've done in the past
with such items I've bought caked in finger grease and Cigarette residue is to strip the
thing and wash the casing with good old soap and water with an old toothbrush,Breathes new
life into neglected cases.you won't be able to remove all the residue of the internal
parts(unless you strip everything like keys etc,but opening up the case and letting it air
will help remove the stale odours,then if you wish spray a little furniture polish or air
freshner onto the inside of casing prior to assembly
the JP8K is pretty
straight forward to take apart and anyone with a fair amount of logic will be able to
accomplish this,there isn't an awful lot of circuit boards to take apart,I always Mark a
number on the Ribbon cables with there respective sockets first,so you know which one
belongs where.(although they tend to have a specific size cable to each socket and the
length of the cables will dictate where they fit anyway,so you can't really fit the wrong
cable to the wrong socket,but alway number them as a guide socket 1/Cable 1 etc)or you can
take photographs along the disassmebly as a guide too
and also mark up
where each screw sits,and keep them seperate for each section as you go(you'll end up with
the left over screw syndrome after closing the case else)...
Car
cutting polish is also effective for Metals casing,just don't use a heavy abrasive type
scratch/stain remover,I wouldn't reccomend it on the plastic JP or you may remove the
livery/Finish
I've found Autoglym polish to be very effective on metal
synth(and also leaves a nice odour)totally revamped the cases of the O1W and M1 I own
I've always done this as I service the keyboard parts/Contacts whenever I buy a
secondhand synth etc,because majority of the keys are full of crap and dust etc,and
because a few synths I've bought have been so with key issues which are simply enough to
remedy with a clean contact strip
just remember to completely dry it out
first if you wash it before reassembling
Always works fine for me and has
brought synths back to life,it also feel nice playing a synth thats not been caked in
shite all its life and neglected
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RolandFantom
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Quote MonkeySpank:
Off-topic
alert:
I bought a used Roland JP-8000 and it smells of stale gig smoke.
Is there an effective way to clean it up to get rid of that
smell?
Thanks.
Asda (own-brand) do 100 anti-bacterial wipes (scented with lemon) for £1.50, I've used
them to clean even the most revolting smoke smells off my kit and it has worked wonders.
It doesn't damage the kit itself, they're non-abrasive, and they're cheap enough for you
to be able to cover the keyboard in a dozen wipes and give them time to soak in.
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-estore/search/searchcontainer.jsp;jsessioni
d=+8PUiuE2ha+njVV4sI29Lw**.oses4009-atg01?trailSize=1&searchString=anti+bacterial+wipe
s&domainName=Products&headerVersion=v1&_requestid=86045
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MonkeySpank
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You guys are feckin' brilliant. I expected to get zero responses to this topic.
Thanks! 
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MonkeySpank
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Quote Collie:
Babywipes are
effective at removing most stubborn stains and odours and they won't harm the
fascia/Finish
Failing that if your competent enough,the only way to completly
remove Cigarette stains/Odours,from a casing is to do what I've done in the past with such
items I've bought caked in finger grease and Cigarette residue is to strip the thing and
wash the casing with good old soap and water with an old toothbrush,Breathes new life into
neglected cases.you won't be able to remove all the residue of the internal parts(unless
you strip everything like keys etc,but opening up the case and letting it air will help
remove the stale odours,then if you wish spray a little furniture polish or air freshner
onto the inside of casing prior to assembly
the JP8K is pretty straight forward
to take apart and anyone with a fair amount of logic will be able to accomplish this,there
isn't an awful lot of circuit boards to take apart,I always Mark a number on the Ribbon
cables with there respective sockets first,so you know which one belongs where.(although
they tend to have a specific size cable to each socket and the length of the cables will
dictate where they fit anyway,so you can't really fit the wrong cable to the wrong
socket,but alway number them as a guide socket 1/Cable 1 etc)or you can take photographs
along the disassmebly as a guide too
and also mark up where each screw
sits,and keep them seperate for each section as you go(you'll end up with the left over
screw syndrome after closing the case else)...
Car cutting polish is also
effective for Metals casing,just don't use a heavy abrasive type scratch/stain remover,I
wouldn't reccomend it on the plastic JP or you may remove the livery/Finish
I've found Autoglym polish to be very effective on metal synth(and also leaves a nice
odour)totally revamped the cases of the O1W and M1 I own
I've always done this
as I service the keyboard parts/Contacts whenever I buy a secondhand synth etc,because
majority of the keys are full of crap and dust etc,and because a few synths I've bought
have been so with key issues which are simply enough to remedy with a clean contact
strip
just remember to completely dry it out first if you wash it before
reassembling
Always works fine for me and has brought synths back to life,it
also feel nice playing a synth thats not been caked in shite all its life and neglected
You, sir, have ADHD.
Thanks for the advice, though. If all else fails I'll probably resort to that
kind of re-pimp.
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I think you mean OCD......I feel compelled to tell you.
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ken long
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Quote Collie:
Babywipes are
effective at removing most stubborn stains and odours and they won't harm the
fascia/Finish
Ooooh...
Don't know about that. Must depend on the brand. Sainsbury's baby wipes, for example
were recently used by moi in removing grime from a console only last week. I found that
some of the painted graphics would smear and smudge.
Approach with caution and
try a small area first if unsure.
ken
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Dynamic Mike
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I think SOS did an article on cleaning grotty synths a little while ago. Maybe someone
could post a link if they remember it. Apologies if it wasn't SOS I read it in.
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markhodges
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I think you mean this?
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec06/articles/cosmeticsurgery.htm
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SecretSam
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Lock your cat in the studio until it wees. You won't smell anything else for about a
year, by which time the smoke smell will have gone.
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Shreddie
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Personally, I use LCD screen wipes... They clean just about anything with the minimum of
streaks and without causing any damage to the screen printed stuff... At least there's
been no damage to any of my gear.
You can buy them from places like Maplin.
I've tried baby wipes but I didn't like the residue they left behind.
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Dynamic Mike
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Quote markhodges:
I think you
mean this?
<a href="/sos/dec06/articles/cosmeticsurgery.htm"
target="_blank">http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec06/articles/cosmeticsurgery.htm</
a>
Indeed I do. Although
personally I smoke pretty heavily in a tiny home studio & rarely have a problem
because I never close the window unless I'm monitoring at high volume or reamping a guitar
track.
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Daniel Davis
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If I were you I'd be more wary of the half inch of tar on the circuit board than the
smell.
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THIS
STUFF is excellent.
Or take up smoking yourself (as advised) 
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