22 Sep
1998
22 Sep
'98
5:44 a.m.
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 15:28:15 -0600 (MDT)
Reply-to: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
From: Jim <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
<classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: Stains caused by Cigarette smoke
Snip!
If you can take the guts out of the computer conveniently, you can wash
and scrub the parts with soft scrub. The yellow gunk from cigarette smoke
DOES come off. (and as I pointed out to the smoker friend who sold me my
first GS, if your computer looks like this, imagine your lungs).
My GS still smells a bit of cigarette smoke - it's gotten into the power
supply and is still on the main board, and when things get warm it smells.
Still, it's cleaner and nicer than it was.
The point I wanted to find out is:
Is there a chemical that can be poured on or soak the boards in and
just rinse off? Not scrubbing!
Reason:
Components, IC's and especially those SMD's and quads are very hard
to clean to assure reliablity.
Cigerette smoke film are sticky and conductive to some degree!
Jason D.
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)calico.litterbox.com
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