Help: Tone knob is hard to turn

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

Does contact cleaner help with tone pots that are hard to turn?

The problem I'm having is the lower tone knob on my strat is really hard to turn. The volume and upper tone knob turn fine, like they're supposed to.

I just bought the guitar, so I don't want to pay to swap it out (I suck at soldering), and I don't necessarily want to send it back (which I'm honestly leaning toward, which is probably dumb, because it's just a pot).

 

[midnightlaundry]

It may, but it's already jammed up and is probably contaminated and or flat out just a bad Pot.
I would switch it out because my experience is that it's already been tainted and will continue to be a problem.

 

[NeubyWanKaneuby]

Thank you. That's kind of what I was feeling.