27 Dec
2001
27 Dec
'01
11:28 a.m.
I've done that before, usually when I spray a sticker down with
Fantastic..... sometimes it'll strip the writing write off the plastic
sticker, other times it might smear it a little bit. My usual reaction
is oops :-)
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Tony Duell wrote:
A word of warning : HP have used some _very_ fragile
stickers over the
years. With ink that disolves in just about anything.
As I mentioned the other day I recently restored an HP97 calculator. The
case was pretty dirty so after stripping everything out of it I used my
standard foam cleaner (an Electrolube product) to clean it.
On the back of the case was a label which originally said something like
'Use only the HP charger specified in the instruction manual'. After
cleaning the case it was completely blank :-(. I peeled off the remains
of it -- no point in having a blank label on the machine.
Now, as I wanted the machine to use rather than collect, and as the label
didn't tell me anything important, I'm not too bothered. But had it been
something like a revision code, I'd have been annoyed.
So I would recomend recording all the details on labels on HP boards and
cases (or photographing them, or whatever) before attempting to clean the
unit.
-tony