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sexta-feira, 8 de março de 2013

One Fix for the Red Glue Problem

JD800 by Marcos Carrera from Taiwan.


This was posted by Shupac800 at the JD-800 Tech Group:



My Fix for the Red Glue Problem
Posted By: shupac800  Sat Aug 4, 2012 8:10 pm 
I posted this tutorial to Gearslutz.com last year and thought it might be
helpful to republish it here.

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There are two kinds of JD-800 owners: those who have already experienced the
red glue of death, and those who are going to...

As we all know, the red glue that holds the key weights to the keys did not prove to be stable over a period of decades. When it gets old, and especially if the synth is kept someplace warm, the red glue softens and seeps out, making a God-awful mess.

The best way to fix this problem is to remove all the red glue, under the mildest conditions possible (NOT boiling water, as some have tried), and re-glue the weights into the keys. The keybed comes out better than new. Here's my technique.

Sodium hydroxide (NaOH, lye) solution works great to dissolve the red glue without harming the plastic. It is caustic, so WEAR SAFETY GOGGLES. Even dilute NaOH can permanently damage your eyes, and it's very likely your lye solution will be splashing about. If you get any of the solution on yourself, wash it off promptly with a lot of water.

The sodium hydroxide I like to use is granular NaOH, which I've bought on eBay. If you can get Red Devil lye or some other pelletized NaOH at your hardware store, that will work too, but the granular NaOH dissolves faster.

In a plastic bucket, mix 80 grams NaOH with 2 liters of water until all the NaOH is dissolved. (The bucket will get warm.) For you chemistry types, this recipe makes a 1-molar (1 mole/L) solution of sodium hydroxide.

Immerse the keys in the lye solution. You only need to soak the part with the glue on it, so don't worry if keys aren't completely bathed in the solution.

Leave the keys soaking in the solution for 18-24 hours. After this time, no traces of the red glue should remain, and the weights will simply fall out of the keys into the bucket.

Carefully pour the NaOH solution down the drain. Don't let the weights get poured down the drain too.

Rinse everything with a lot of water. Dry the weights as best you can. It's normal for a bit of rust-colored oxidation to form on them; don't worry about it.

At this point I soak the keys for another 24 hours in a bucket of soapy water. This bath helps eliminate the fishy odor left on the plastic by the reaction of the lye solution with the red glue.

When everything is dry and clean, re-glue the weights into the keys. I have had great results using a popsicle stick to apply a dab of 5-minute epoxy to each key. Make sure the weights are properly centered.

To remove any red goop that has seeped onto your chassis, I have found the best method is to blast the goo with freeze spray (available from Radio Shack or Fry's). Then, while the stuff is frozen hard and brittle, chip it off with a single-edged razor blade.

And that's it. Have fun.




Another fix by Daniel Forro at the same forum: 
(observe his comments about how reglue the key's weights)



My problems with red glue started few years ago after my moving from middle Europe to Japan - I think also because of high temperatures in the summer.

It's necessary to disassemble the instrument and keyboard, and leave the keys soaked in solution with NaOH (natrium hydroxide). I used a liquid for
cleaning sanitary pipes with 2% of NaOH, it's enough, but it was necessary to leave keys in it for about 2 or three days. I have used transparent plastic
cover from 50 pieces CD or DVD box, lot of keys can be inside in the same time soaked (and after finishing the job and washing box in water it can be
again used). Red glue is dissolved with it perfectly, dissappears, and metal weights still keep glued (mostly, just few fell out).

Then I cleaned the keys with water, and with isopropylalcohol from the rest of dissolved glue film and all dirtiness, and put standard universal common
liquid "white glue" (which changes color to transparent after drying, and is soluble and washable with water - I'm sure it can be purchased everywhere in the
world under different names) to fill and cover all holes around the weight, and weight itself - to avoid any possible future leakage of red glue which is
still under the weight. After drying this glue I had apply more of it on some spots where some air bubble made again holes. In the end I got perfect plastic cover
of metal weight. If I remember well, for black keys it was necessary to use more glue.

There's no problem since the repair.



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Here is another topic about the Red Glue problem: Sorting Out Flats JD800 Sticky Key - Red Glue


19 comentários:

  1. Just wanted to post here because it shows up close to the top of google search results - I have had good results with just sodium bicarbonate (baking soda) and vinegar. I just poured it in the part of the keys where the weights sit for a couple of hours until i could remove the weights, and then let both the keys and weights soak in it over night. It dissolved a lot of the glue and the remainder was very easily scraped off. I also found that it would now come off the weights just with hot water.

    It's probably not quite as effective as the sodium hydroxide, but a lot safer and more accessible. Hope that helps someone!

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  2. Dear ibbod0. Could you share how much baking soda and how much vinegar? What is the ratio?

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  3. hello everybody

    got here through google search results.

    Instead of baking soda with vinegar i used simple washing soda (sodium carbonate).
    Approximately 300 grams on 4 liter of very hot water. Within a couple of hours the epoxy begins to transform into a non sticking jelly-like consistence. Now the weights (those that haven't fallen out already) can be removed easily. Bear in mind that the hotter the solution is the easier the weights will come out.
    Then you should let the weights and keys soak in the solution over night. After that the epoxy leftovers can easily be removed from the keys and weights.
    In general it is the same procedure as described by ibbodo just with a different solvent: sodium carbonate instead of sodium bicarbonate & vinegar.

    There is one important thing that you should bear in mind: DON'T soak the keys and weights in some kind of soap solution until you have removed the "epoxy-jelly".
    In my first test with a few keys i put the parts in a dishwasher detergent solution before removing the "jelliyfied" epoxy.
    It turned out that the detergent somehow transformed the jelly-like epoxy into a stiff and hard consistence which was more difficult to scrape off.

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  4. Man this worked great. Got the Lye (NaOH) from the Ace Hardware store.

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  5. Man, this worked great. How did you figure out sodium hydroxide or lye? I have a lot of goo (lots and lots) on the flex board and it is fragile. Any suggestions?

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  6. The flex board is very fragile, must be carefull with that.
    I remember someone commented about at the JD-800 group, need to search there:
    https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/JD-800_Tech/info

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    Respostas
    1. Do not clean the flat flex board, the contact tracks, I did a damage, too delicate, go away in a breath ...... sorry my english

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  7. Any idea where to find that blue 2 digit LED display like in thr top picture?

    (Btw..keys soaking in lye solution now)

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    Respostas
    1. May be this work. I found this message at the jd800 group.
      I suggest to write to that company to see if they have a model available for the JD:

      Original message:
      "From: Andy Hutson
      Feb 27, 2005
      Hi

      Yes, the correct answer is: you have to replace the EL backlight yourself.
      Replacement backlights can be purchased through:

      http://www.midi-rakete.de (the site is in german, use the Translator)

      I have replaced the backlights in my Roland D-550 and Korg Wavestation A/D
      because they became dim over time.
      It's not that difficult, but you should only try it if you are confident
      with a soldering iron and are not intimidated by the idea of disassembling
      your synth. The website even has pictorial instructions for some synths.
      They are not expensive, and you can get them in several colors (orange,
      blue, green, white).
      Good luck."

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  8. Thanks for the response. Im actually looking for the 2 segment led display to the left of the lcd display, not the larger lcd display itself.

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  9. Well, I'm about to start this project. I got the Red Glue issue after moving from my apartment. It was summer time...

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  10. I repaired a JV80 with a massive red glue problem using NaOH as you suggested and it worked fantastically !!! thanks!

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  11. Thank you for this! I've just repaired a jv-1000 with the red glue problem and this has helped so much. It was unusable and I was thinking of junking it, but it now works perfectly again.

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  12. Nice to know that helped for the JV-1000. A nice machine too. For sure many beybeds from Roland that time had the same trouble and people around the world are working on this until today.

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  13. Dealing with this glue right now . Keys are in a bucket soaking.
    Not looking forward to putting all those little springs back

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  14. Tried the NaOH solution and it seemed to work only for the white keys. The black keys seem to have their weight plates more difficult to remove. I’m planning to put back all keys (with only the white keys cleaned up) What are the chances of the black keys messing things up in the future?

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  15. Tried the NaOH solution and it seemed to work only for the white keys. The black keys seem to have their weight plates more difficult to remove. I’m planning to put back all keys (with only the white keys cleaned up) What are the chances of the black keys messing things up in the future?

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  16. Ich habe genau das gleiche Problem und bin schon lange auf der Suche nach einer Lösung.
    Besitze den JV 1000 und den JV80 und beide Geräte sind so gut wie gar nicht mehr spielbar.
    Über den Roland Support habe ich versucht Kontakt aufzunehmen aber ohne Erfolg.
    Versuche es jetzt über über diese MEGA Tollen Hinweise und Tips es selbst zu reparieren und werde berichten.

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