At a recent practice, my bandmate had a bit of a beer accident, and some - really not a lot - got on my Model 12 (mostly up around the gains and EQs, and really none down toward the channel faders or to the right side with the screen, SDCard, mains, headphones, etc). I switched it off and began cleaning off all visible liquid. Then I did the maybe not-so-smart thing and turned it back on. Nothing horrible happened, but there was pretty significant noise coming from two channels. So I turned it back off.
When I got it home, I removed all knobs and paddles and turned the thing over, thinking that after a while, I'd be taking it apart to clean the main board (all the pots, faders, and switches) probably just with distilled water (maybe isopropyl first, but not not sure), then letting everything thoroughly dry again before reassembling.
But the next morning, I decided to plug it back in and quickly see what was up. Turns out, there's no perceptible noise coming from any channel, and all channels work (I tried mics, not any directs, but expect they'd work the same).
So, the question is, should I still think about a full cleaning? Or, putting it another way, should I be concerned about (really pretty minor amounts of) beer residue inside the unit, or should I leave well enough alone and see how it goes for a while?
I've taken my 12 apart once to replace the original power switch, so this wouldn't be my first time opening it up, but that was a pretty minor job, and didn't involve cleaning anything.
Thanks for any advice.
When I got it home, I removed all knobs and paddles and turned the thing over, thinking that after a while, I'd be taking it apart to clean the main board (all the pots, faders, and switches) probably just with distilled water (maybe isopropyl first, but not not sure), then letting everything thoroughly dry again before reassembling.
But the next morning, I decided to plug it back in and quickly see what was up. Turns out, there's no perceptible noise coming from any channel, and all channels work (I tried mics, not any directs, but expect they'd work the same).
So, the question is, should I still think about a full cleaning? Or, putting it another way, should I be concerned about (really pretty minor amounts of) beer residue inside the unit, or should I leave well enough alone and see how it goes for a while?
I've taken my 12 apart once to replace the original power switch, so this wouldn't be my first time opening it up, but that was a pretty minor job, and didn't involve cleaning anything.
Thanks for any advice.