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Hey everyone, my Nord S4 was in the unfortunate vicinity of someone being pie'd in the face and a bit of whipped cream has gunked up some of the buttons (long story lol). I've opened it up to see about cleaning, and watched all the related videos on the subject. It seems I would need to do some soldering work to get underneath the buttons and properly clean the top of the circuit board, but figured I'd check in here in case anyone else has experience with this?

Bad Karma... I`m used to deal with some small repairs for the local music shop and got this issue with "Ice-Tea and a DX-7" once - it was a mess...

I already had some NS2 for cleaning here (just dust) - the NS4 should be very similar.
When you say "Buttons", you mean the "Function-Buttons" on the panel or the Keys on the Keybed?

In case you talk of the "Function-Buttons", I would rather replace them instead of just cleaning - especially, when you have soldered them out anyway.
In Germany synt-parts.de could support you with spare parts - I don´t know, where to ask in the UK (Bonners? Andertons?)...

If you´re about the keybed, cleaning (Isopropanol to clean and a little Graphit afterwards) should help and be possible without soldering.

Hi @M_a_c,

isn't it synth-parts.com instead of synt-parts.de?

Schorsch wrote: ↑25 Jun 2024, 11:42 Hi @M_a_c,

isn't it synth-parts.com instead of synt-parts.de?

Ah... Opps... Yes...
... always those uk, de and com things...

Anyway - I see clearer now...
This seems to be an U.S. request and so I guess Synth parts or American Music & Sound itself should be able to deliver this buttons...