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Title: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: Gavica on December 12, 2006, 01:31:46 pm: For example I have this old 32X, and the contacts are becoming quite rusty, is there a way to clean them???

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Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: ChadTower on December 12, 2006, 01:37:01 pm: Alcohol. If that doesn't work, light sandpaper.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: shardian on December 12, 2006, 01:43:41 pm: Alcohol brought many Nintendo and Sega Genesis games back to life in my day.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: quarterback on December 12, 2006, 01:47:04 pm: Quote from: shardian on December 12, 2006, 01:43:41 pm
Alcohol brought many Nintendo and Sega Genesis games back to life in my day.

Interestingly enough, alcohol has also brought ME back to life in my day :cheers:
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: shardian on December 12, 2006, 01:56:08 pm: Quote from: quarterback on December 12, 2006, 01:47:04 pm
Quote from: shardian on December 12, 2006, 01:43:41 pm
Alcohol brought many Nintendo and Sega Genesis games back to life in my day.

Interestingly enough, alcohol has also brought ME back to life in my day :cheers:

hehe...not the alcohol we are talking about...unless you consider fatal diahhrea a good life. :laugh2: :laugh2:
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: Gavica on December 12, 2006, 02:07:08 pm: how do I apply the alchohol?
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: HaRuMaN on December 12, 2006, 02:18:36 pm: you can apply the alcohol with a Q-tip. Another method that has seemed to work for people is (gently) rubbing the contacts with a pink eraser on the end of a pencil.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: postalp123 on December 12, 2006, 02:36:27 pm: Theres some stuff I used to use which is basically Electrician's contact cleaner.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: ChadTower on December 12, 2006, 02:49:22 pm: Quote from: Gavica on December 12, 2006, 02:07:08 pm
how do I apply the alchohol?

With ice and a mixer of your choice.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: shardian on December 12, 2006, 03:23:47 pm: Since those are the large contacts, I would use a tissue to clean them real well. It should work just fine then, but if not then use a very light grade sandpaper. I'm not sure how thick those contacts are and you don't want to damage them.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: ChadTower on December 12, 2006, 03:28:19 pm: They're pretty thick and IIRC not plated. He could use the sidewalk and they'd survive. No need to be gentle at all.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: Gavica on December 12, 2006, 03:47:13 pm: I have sand paper, is there a posibility of damaging it? want to make sure before using it, it caming in a kit for painting scale planes.
Title: Re: How do you clean Metal Contacts?
Post by: ChadTower on December 12, 2006, 04:34:18 pm: Need the grit rating to tell you that.