Proper way to clean pots, switches?

[stobro]

Many of the pots, switches and jacks on my guitars, basses and amps are either noisy or intermittent. I bought some Caig DeoxIT D5 and DeoxIT Fader F5 and plan to clean up what I can. Are these the right tools for the job? Should I invest in some other cleaner/lubricant instead? I assume the D5 is for switches and jacks and the F5 is for pots. In years past, I used some tuner cleaner I got at Radio Shack but that can is long gone.

Any advice from the experts is appreciated!

[Jeff R]

I use D5 on pots. On switches, I've cleaned muffed contact points due to light corrosion with a sliver of a fine-grit sandpaper. Typical jacks are cheap and easy enough to just replace, but the sandpaper trick revived a crusty jack on a 335 once. Wrapped the sandpaper around a small dowel and tried that first to avoid the hassle of working in and out of the F-hole. It did the trick, so I quit while I was ahead haha.

[murkat]

Blow off for pots. But just about any spray cleaner type will also just about rid any die electric grease in the pot as well.

http://www.dalco.com/p-10482-max-pro-contact-cleaner-11-oz.aspx?gclid=CN-w2pSjs9ECFUc8gQoddn4Hlw

Switchcraft switch contact points,

1200 W/D sandpaper. cut to 3/16"~ 1/4"  x 3" strips

open contact points, slide paper between, close contact points, retract paper.

Flip paper, rinse, repeat.

2 draws per contact point is plenty to remove oxi and foreign materials from.