Cleaning up old boards, connections and enclosures

[Phorhas]

Hi guys,

I heard a few time of some kind of electronic components "wash" or cleaning solvent or something in the area, so... how
DO YOU clean old ugly,corrosion infected, rusty FX and the such...?

[Peter Snowberg]

I use an old toothbrush with denatured alcohol, water, and/or xylene/acetone in multiple steps. Alcohol is semi polar, water is polar, and xylene/acetone are non-polar. Between these solvents and some heavy scrubbing you can wash most gunk away and not leave solvent residue. I would avoid using any solvent that contains oils as they will leave residue and stop the alcohol or water from being used after.

Good luck,
-Peter

[Phorhas]

Thanx Peter... I'll try it out:)

Dan.

[crawler486]

In my experiences, a room mates toothbrush is way better.

[Gilles C]

Alcohol, for prototypes.

This,

http://www.mgchemicals.com/products/4140.html

for the boards I want to look good and that I know I won't have to touch again.

[Gilles C]

oh... and a toothbrush

[Gilles C]

For info on prices

http://www.alliedelec.com/catalog/pf.asp?FN=1226.pdf