[Shop-talk] conductive rubber

[John Innis]

I bought a keypad fix kit from American Science and surplus to fix one
of these.  It was cheap and so far seems to be holding up.  It has
only been a few weeks, but so far, so good!

On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 5:40 PM, Randall <tr3driver at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>> Is there a way to "clean" or "resurface" the button's
>> conductive rubber back side?
>
> I tried using conductive paint once.  Worked well for about a week, then
the
> paint wore out.  So I just bought a 'universal' remote instead.
>
>> What would happen if I just put a piece of metal there?
>
> Should work, if you can get it to touch both traces at once.  But I'd guess
> the traces would wear out next.
>
> Randall

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