Ok, prepare myself for a long list of preferences 

What switch cleaner/lubricant would you guys recommend?

cheers

Nothing is as good as a good ol personal service.....something i ain't had in a long time

ohh i reommend servicol aint let me down

I agree with your first comment 

And thanks for for the second, helpful one 

Cheers

I second that, Servisol is very good stuff!

No worries shane

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SERV...;hash=item3f2b40d818

i always spell it wrong lol

yep Servisol all the way

I saw what you did there Reno! LOL...tsk,tsk

You can get servisol from Maplins.  Make sure you get servisol, their own brand stuff is a bit pants.

You can use other cleaners; they will do the job, but if you use Servisol, the repair will last! I think it is the best on the market!

What on earth did i do???? im that stoned on painkillers im not sure

Maplins web site no longer lists it, looks like amazon... Another wait...

It will be worth the wait, hopefully it shouldn't be a long one; Amazon are normaly pretty good from that point of view.

I buy all this sort of stuff from ebay retailers and so far they've all been consistently faster than the likes of Amazon

Oh and Shane its about time you got yourself an avatar mate

Yeah why not, I get all of my belts and some of the more obscure components from ebay retailers; so far so good!

Agreed, it's finding the right one, takes me a while, tried with the iPad to find it wasn't supported and therefore need to do it on my laptop...

Been pulling a sharp gf500 apart and cleaning and repairing parts on it, broken door holders, and a few other minor issues, thought I should start somewhere and as this was a real cheapie thought I would test my skills on something that, if it went wrong, the bin men could take away and I wouldn't be upset...

need to aquire some new tools (and skills) one Santa can bring the other, only time and patience can bring...

Bit of an obvious avatar, sorry...

nah its spot on mate...recognisable so works perfectly...plus we'll always now picture you as a John Wayne type fella lol

Hi Shane. Nice Avatar!  Please don't scrap your GF-500 if it dosn't work out. They are allways worth keeping for spares!

Cheers re avatar, only one i could think of...

Wont throw 500 away if it dont work out but i am not planning to fail (famous last words) lol

cool avatar shane !    not seen the film for a long time 

Thats the spirit; never plan to fail!  They are not so bad to work on, sure you will fix it!

Cracking Avatar Shane.

It took me a year to sort one out, so well done you.

Yours is a great avatar Nick.