How to clean grease and grime from chassis?

[menace]

I have a G07 here that I would like to clean all the accumulated grease and grime from but don't want to spend days with a toothbrush--I've heard of some people hosing them off with soap and water--is this for real?  What's the best way to clean these that won't end up destroying it?

[dabone]

I left one of mine out in the rain for 3 weeks during the summer.

(Didn't mean to, just forgot about it.)

Brought it back in and plugged it in.

Looks great now.


(And it still works..)


Later,
dabone

[Ken Layton]

For cleaning off the circuit boards a common household spray cleaner like Mean Green or 409 is good along with a good scrubbing with both a toothbrush and an 'acid' brush (paint/hardware store item). The circuit boards should be removed from the monitor. You'll want to unsolder and remove the soldered in fuses (don't want water to leech inside!), flyback, degausser thermal resistor (little black square box), and loosen the screws holding the horizontal output transistor and the B+ regulator transistor. After spraying,scrubbing, and then rinsing with warm/hot water  you'll need either an air compressor (with a blow attachment) or a can of air to blow the water off from/underneath components. Pay particular attention to thoroughly blowing out the water from the picture tube socket on the neck board. NEVER LEAVE WATER/CLEANER ON THE CIRCUIT BOARD TO SIMPLY AIR DRY. Water and spray cleaners contain minerals that literally eat the copper foil and component lead wires. Thoroughly blow off any water and then set in front of a fan or hair dryer. Once dry then retighten the screws on the transistors, reattach the flyback (which you cleaned seperately with a damp cloth), and resolder the fuses back in. Now you can reassemble and power up.

Watch out for paper label that may be on the chassis as some cleaners may ruin/fade the ink and/or soften the paper.

[menace]

cool--thanks for the tips!