Don't do them one at a time for 20mins. Stick them all in a larger tub and leave for a week. That way all the weights will drop out. Don't leave any red glue in there. Using 'school glue' won't seal it... the red glue will still drip out. Clean everything, make sure there is no red glue left and re-glue each weight with epoxy. That's the right way to do it.
Thanks for making these videos. I just bought a JD-800 and I'll be repairing the keybed contacts and clean off all the red glue as well. I appreciate the video. Take care, Sam.
Thank you so much for this! I have an XP-80 which I haven't even taken out of its bag in at least a decade due to severe "Red Goo of Death" issues, and was about to throw it away when your video made me stop and attempt to fix it. I was very nervous about using the drain opener but it worked perfectly!
Just fixed my JD800 with 99¢ store drain cleaner, can't remember which brand, but it worked well, and seems safer than the more caustic options. Thanks for this video.
If you lose the weights, go down to the hardware store. The weights are 10 grams each. You can buy metal nuts that weigh 4.5 grams each. Glue 2 nuts in place of the lost weights. Another fail area is the flimsy ass ribbon cable thermally connected to the green key contact pcb. The joint lies under a clear plastic piece about 2 inches long, held in by 2 black plastic pin things. I am about to jerry rig a clamp to press the joint tight to the metal. Cutting a popsicle stick to 2 inches long, and cutting a 2 inch strip the width of the popsicle stick outof a large rubber washer. Drill 2 small holes on either side of the black plastic pins, in the metal the green pcb is mounted to.... Fit the rubber strip onto the top of the clear strip and put the 2 inch popsicle stick on top of that. Cover the whole thing with a flat metal bar and bolt the damned thing down, thus squeezing the flimsy ass ribbon cable to the green pcb. This can fix dead keys, velocity issues, etc. Sometimes the simple fix is golden...
I used 99cents Awesome cleaner. Buy 2 or 3 gallons. put all keys inside a bucket and leave them for about 3-5 days. key weights will come off and keys will look like new. All glue comes off
Do you know what is active substance in the cleaner to actually disolve the glue? Are you sure it's not damaging the plastic in the long run? Edit - Ingredients: Water, Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium Hydroxide Sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) is corrosive to plastic.
Don't do them one at a time for 20mins. Stick them all in a larger tub and leave for a week. That way all the weights will drop out. Don't leave any red glue in there. Using 'school glue' won't seal it... the red glue will still drip out. Clean everything, make sure there is no red glue left and re-glue each weight with epoxy. That's the right way to do it.
Thanks for making these videos. I just bought a JD-800 and I'll be repairing the keybed contacts and clean off all the red glue as well. I appreciate the video. Take care, Sam.
Thank you so much for this! I have an XP-80 which I haven't even taken out of its bag in at least a decade due to severe "Red Goo of Death" issues, and was about to throw it away when your video made me stop and attempt to fix it. I was very nervous about using the drain opener but it worked perfectly!
Just fixed my JD800 with 99¢ store drain cleaner, can't remember which brand, but it worked well, and seems safer than the more caustic options. Thanks for this video.
If you lose the weights, go down to the hardware store. The weights are 10 grams each. You can buy metal nuts that weigh 4.5 grams each. Glue 2 nuts in place of the lost weights. Another fail area is the flimsy ass ribbon cable thermally connected to the green key contact pcb. The joint lies under a clear plastic piece about 2 inches long, held in by 2 black plastic pin things. I am about to jerry rig a clamp to press the joint tight to the metal. Cutting a popsicle stick to 2 inches long, and cutting a 2 inch strip the width of the popsicle stick outof a large rubber washer. Drill 2 small holes on either side of the black plastic pins, in the metal the green pcb is mounted to.... Fit the rubber strip onto the top of the clear strip and put the 2 inch popsicle stick on top of that. Cover the whole thing with a flat metal bar and bolt the damned thing down, thus squeezing the flimsy ass ribbon cable to the green pcb. This can fix dead keys, velocity issues, etc. Sometimes the simple fix is golden...
I used 99cents Awesome cleaner. Buy 2 or 3 gallons. put all keys inside a bucket and leave them for about 3-5 days. key weights will come off and keys will look like new. All glue comes off
Cool thanks for the tip. Do you know a store online to purchase it? And what glue to reattach the weights? I was thinking of Loctite Super Glue.
Do you know what is active substance in the cleaner to actually disolve the glue? Are you sure it's not damaging the plastic in the long run?
Edit - Ingredients: Water, Sodium Hypochlorite, Sodium Hydroxide
Sodium hypochlorite (chlorine) is corrosive to plastic.
Thanks! My JD-800 just started leaking glue, so it's in a pretty early stage. But I want to tackle it before it gets worse.
Thanks for sharing. Worked great here.
awesome tutorial!