21 Jan
2003
21 Jan
'03
4:35 a.m.
Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
The goal: extremely localized, high-velocity stream of
air. I want to remove
dust and crud from those impossible nooks and crannies of classiccmps.
Current solution: canned air - expensive, doesn't work well after one or two
minutes of spraying, not really high enough velocity. Bad.
Other options:
- Shop-Vac in reverse operation, fitted with custom cable?
- Compressor? (I don't know much about these).
- Better, cheaper canned air (does it exist)?
- Dust-removing nano-bots? (jk)
Discuss, please. What do *you* use instead of consumer canned air?
This really depends on what your cleaning. If it's a chassis piece of
some sort, do whatever is handy. If it's a circuit board with many
nooks and crannies, then vaccuum or an air compressor, then soap and
water, and then maybe compressed air again. Sometimes I use alcohol,
but I like water better. I don't have access to a compressor here at
home. I'd have to go to my parents house for that. If I don't want to
do that, I do the final rinse with alcohol. What I'm getting at is that
if I have a board that has many many places for water to collect, I want
to remove as much of the water as I can, right away. Alcohol, I don't
wory about. sitting in fron of a fan is the last step.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA