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Best and safest way to clean up PCB's and Monitors?
tommy:
--- Quote from: Peale on March 02, 2005, 11:13:27 am ---Preheat your oven to 200 degrees.
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SirPeale:
--- Quote from: tommy on March 02, 2005, 03:32:58 pm ---
--- Quote from: Peale on March 02, 2005, 11:13:27 am ---Preheat your oven to 200 degrees. Then turn it off. Take the board to the sink. Spray it down. Spray the board with degreaser. Let it sit for a couple minutes, then *gently* scrub with a soft brush. Rinse well. Take a blowdryer to it on high air and get as much water off as possible. Then put the board in the oven. Come back in a few hours.
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It that how to ruin a board , i wouldnt try that , i had one of my pcbs near a fish tank and alittle water got on it , it was done , just take some qtips wet with your mouth and clean
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It's a time tested proceedure. Even Ken Layton will do it (although I think his proceedure might differ slightly) that way. Was the PCB on when this happened? Also fish tank water is very high in minerals, so that would be bad as well.
D_Zoot:
--- Quote from: tommy on March 02, 2005, 03:32:58 pm --- wet with your mouth and clean
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Sprinkle a little tuna juice on it and let the cat lick it clean for you.... ;D
Actually tommy, I've put many a logic board in the dishwasher, blew them off with compressed ait, and then a warm oven to dry. The important thing is to dry the board fully ASAP. Letting water sit on a board, such as in your fish tank incident, probably allowed corrosion to set into something. There is always a remote danger that water can leech into some component and ruin it, I've heard of it happening, but never had it happen to myself.
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Xiaou2:
radio shacks 'electronic cleaner' spray
scatter:
I know more than a few Ops that clean them in a standard Dish Washer with standard dishwashing detergent. After the cycle take them out and sling the water out then stick them back in and let the drying cycle do it's stuff. I tried it a couple of times on some DOA boards (Just to see) and it brought one back to life, (Must have been a flaky contact somewhere) I make no claims as to the safeness of this practice as far as the board goes but they *do* come out shiny and new.
-b
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