Back to board washing for a moment

If you're concerned about the components on the board, and you well should be, in this case, then you can clean the board step-wise, first dusting it with a hair brush (I use a shaving brush) and then attack the sticky grime with a strong sprayable detergen, focusing the spray on the board so as to avoid the components that might be affected by moisture or detergent, thoroughly brushing and subsequently rinsing the board with plenty of quite hot water. Older sweep circuit boards such as what you mention seldom have particularly static sensitive parts on them, but they do frequently have pot's, etc, that won't benefit from residue of detergen in them. You can clean the solder-side of the board with alcohol and wash and rinse it with the same procedure. There may be better procedures and practices, but I've found that to be adquate for monitors, keyboards, etc. If you have a compressor, that might help in removing water from the component side of the board. I can't recommend that for current-generation, CMOS-laden boards. Dick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adrian Graham" <Adrian.Graham(a)corporatemicrosystems.com> To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 2:49 AM Subject: Back to board washing for a moment