5 Jan
2006
5 Jan
'06
8:25 p.m.
Have any of you really done this?
Did you take the enclosure off?
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5 Jan
5 Jan
8:45 p.m.
On 1/5/06, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
Have any of you really done this?
In fact, I've done it many times, with various ages of keyboard.
Did you take the enclosure off?
Most of what I've done were membrane keyboards, so I completely
disassembled them, peeled them apart, and ran them through. The
covered utinsel rack is perfect for holding all the keys in, too...
I did once completely dishwash my Apple II Plus (sans PSU),
motherboard, keyboard, and case. Just use Jet-Dri or some other form
of quick drying agent, to prevent deposits of minerals and other
conductive things on your boards... And make sure it dries apart for
at least 48 hours, more without direct air blowing on it.
Josef
PS: It's implied that the II Plus worked when I was done washing it. ;)
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10:12 p.m.
Josef Chessor wrote:
I did once completely dishwash my Apple II Plus (sans
PSU),
motherboard, keyboard, and case. Just use Jet-Dri or some other form
of quick drying agent, to prevent deposits of minerals and other
conductive things on your boards... And make sure it dries apart for
at least 48 hours, more without direct air blowing on it.
You've got to be joking. The motherboard? What temperature did you do
this at? Heated dry? Detergent? You've got to be kidding me.
PS: It's implied that the II Plus worked when I
was done washing it. ;)
Yeah, well, maybe I'll try it on a spare common-as-dirt 486/66 but no
way on my classic hardware :-)
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10:33 p.m.
On 1/6/06, Jim Leonard <trixter at oldskool.org> wrote:
Josef Chessor wrote:
I have washed motherboards and cards (most are 386s or 486s) for
numerous times. No heated dry though. Just use a fan to blow air at it
overnight.
vax, 9000
I did once completely dishwash my Apple II Plus
(sans PSU),
motherboard, keyboard, and case. Just use Jet-Dri or some other form
of quick drying agent, to prevent deposits of minerals and other
conductive things on your boards... And make sure it dries apart for
at least 48 hours, more without direct air blowing on it.
You've got to be joking. The motherboard? What temperature did you do
this at? Heated dry? Detergent? You've got to be kidding me. 
10:57 p.m.
9000 VAX wrote:
I have washed motherboards and cards (most are 386s or
486s) for
numerous times. No heated dry though. Just use a fan to blow air at it
overnight.
vax, 9000
Same here, in fact when I had a dishwasher it was standard procedure.
Now I have to do it by hand! I normally scrub with a tooth brush. I
even use soap or some type of spray cleaner like Fantastic. They get
rinsed with hotish water. If the board has a lot of places to trap
water, I'll blow it off with my compressor, or R134a (canned air). Then
it gets stood up on an edge in front of a box fan, and I'll rotate it
every so often. Sometimes I'll leave it over night, but really a few
hours is all it takes. Sometimes I'll put stuff in the oven. I've even
done a PC power supply or two this way, after I've taken it out of it's
chassis. I'll get just about anything wet, that I feel I can get dry
effectively.
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
10:56 p.m.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Josef Chessor wrote:
It a well known trick among compact Mac collectors to wash the logic
board of a compact Mac when the sound gets flaky. The caps tend to leak
a little and by running the logic (motherboard) through the dishwasher,
the conductive residue will wash off and the board will function
perfectly for a year or so. Eventually the caps need to be replaced but
you can get by with three or four dishwasher runs before replacing the
leaking caps.
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I did once completely dishwash my Apple II Plus
(sans PSU),
motherboard, keyboard, and case. Just use Jet-Dri or some other form
of quick drying agent, to prevent deposits of minerals and other
conductive things on your boards... And make sure it dries apart for
at least 48 hours, more without direct air blowing on it.
You've got to be joking. The motherboard? What temperature did you
do this at? Heated dry? Detergent? You've got to be kidding me.
PS: It's implied that the II Plus worked when
I was done washing it. ;)
Yeah, well, maybe I'll try it on a spare common-as-dirt 486/66 but no
way on my classic hardware :-) 
6 Jan
6 Jan
8:01 a.m.
James Rice wrote:
It a well known trick among compact Mac collectors to
wash the logic
board of a compact Mac when the sound gets flaky. The caps tend to leak
a little and by running the logic (motherboard) through the dishwasher,
the conductive residue will wash off and the board will function
perfectly for a year or so.
Now I finally understand, what "clean sound" means ;-)
10:09 p.m.
Jim Arnott wrote:
Yes and yes. No detergent though. Air dry for a week
or so.
Jim
On Jan 5, 2006, at 8:25 PM, Richard wrote:
I worked for several years in a food plant that used cheap peecee clones
as plant floor MMI terminals. Almost every week, several keyboards
would get soaked with marbase oil or partially votated margarine. We
would take a sanitation hose (50% water and 50% live steam) and wash out
the keyboards. Then we would place them in the hot oil storagre room
(heated to 165 degrees F at eye level) for a few hours to dry. Most of
them would survive 5-6 cleaning cycles before the keys would start sticking.
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Have any of you really done this?
Did you take the enclosure off?
6 Jan
6 Jan
7:03 a.m.
Richard wrote:
Have any of you really done this?
Did you take the enclosure off?
I did it once. I didn't remove anything and put it in the top rack keys
down.
It did a marvelous job of cleaning everything but I had to open up the
unit afterwards and dry it out as there was a lot of water inside.
I'd do it again for any common pc keyboard. The keyboard worked find
afterward and I'm still using it.
-brad
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