What do you use for cleaning kronos
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MusicianSickness
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What do you use for cleaning kronos
To take all smudges off the way it was from outta box....
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Warm breath and a quality microfiber cloth - remember not to hyperventilate 
A wide soft paintbrush is good for getting initial dust off too.
OCD, or just being tidy? Household cleaning products (especially sprays) are banned from my studio. My FA-06's glossy plastic panel became seriously pitted due to an innocent can of air freshner!
A wide soft paintbrush is good for getting initial dust off too.OCD, or just being tidy? Household cleaning products (especially sprays) are banned from my studio. My FA-06's glossy plastic panel became seriously pitted due to an innocent can of air freshner!
Solvents like in most aerosol spray canisters are bad for parts made of plastics. Rubbing alchohol is not so great either but i have used it to degrease keys before and never had the keys loose their surface texture. I can't say the same for the old Yamaha basic keyboard that took a spraying of rubbing alchohol that stripped the surface color on the surface panel. The yamaha anyway just sits there unused for years and got sprayed when the whole room got sprayed(its not mine, more like a family furniture piece).
A cloth in hot soapy water that has the water squeezed out of it, makes a good degreasing of the keys but can get messy if soap foam comes from too much soap.
I found a natural cleaner that doesn't use solvents, soapy suds or any other harsh or toxic ingredients. I wet a cloth with it just to make it a bit damp and use my finger to work the rag in between the switches, sliders and black keys. The touch srceen gets the same degrease treatment.
Have to be really careful that the rag is not too damp, so i test it on an area with no crevasses, perforation or controller gaps for moisture to get in. If i see too much moisture film on the wiped surface then i sqeeze the cloth out more.
I always follow up with a dry wipe to clear out any other unseen moisture.
I leave my kronos on for hours unused with the 4 hour timer set. I never turn off my kronos. I let the timer do it so it has extra time under its' own heat to keep moisture from building up inside.
A cloth in hot soapy water that has the water squeezed out of it, makes a good degreasing of the keys but can get messy if soap foam comes from too much soap.
I found a natural cleaner that doesn't use solvents, soapy suds or any other harsh or toxic ingredients. I wet a cloth with it just to make it a bit damp and use my finger to work the rag in between the switches, sliders and black keys. The touch srceen gets the same degrease treatment.
Have to be really careful that the rag is not too damp, so i test it on an area with no crevasses, perforation or controller gaps for moisture to get in. If i see too much moisture film on the wiped surface then i sqeeze the cloth out more.
I always follow up with a dry wipe to clear out any other unseen moisture.
I leave my kronos on for hours unused with the 4 hour timer set. I never turn off my kronos. I let the timer do it so it has extra time under its' own heat to keep moisture from building up inside.
I clean my KRONOS in four steps.
First, i use a small but powerfull PC vacum to get between keys and to get in between buttons and knobs.
Second, i blow out any left over debree with an air compressor.
Third, is i clean KRONOS with a damp (water) microfiber cloth.
On the KRONOS screen, i add just a few drops of windex to an already damp cloth.
This helps get any finger gunk off the touchscreen.
Fourth, i use a dry microfiber cloth to finish up.
Oh, there is a fith step.
Sitting back in my studio chair, basking in a well done cleaning of KRONOS.
First, i use a small but powerfull PC vacum to get between keys and to get in between buttons and knobs.
Second, i blow out any left over debree with an air compressor.
Third, is i clean KRONOS with a damp (water) microfiber cloth.
On the KRONOS screen, i add just a few drops of windex to an already damp cloth.
This helps get any finger gunk off the touchscreen.
Fourth, i use a dry microfiber cloth to finish up.
Oh, there is a fith step.
Sitting back in my studio chair, basking in a well done cleaning of KRONOS.