i usually use a vacuum cleaner (a 30+ year old kingston canister) and a long brush made for ceramic/pottery cleaning and painting. the brush has a foot long handle and a 1 inch wide bruch - perfact for most places. the round brush vac attachment is good for cabinent's and the like but i don't use it on boards (static reasons). i do use oil less and oil filled air compressers,but after the compresser i have an air dryer going into a regulator. the regulator keeps the extra and non extra chips on the board ;-) as long as you use the plastic "bowl" inline drier (around 40 - 50 us dollars) it will keep the oil/water out of the regulator and off of your equipment. i use the vac/brush the most and save the air rig for the really tough job's and spots. Bill Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:46:59 +0100 To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: What's better than canned air? Reply-To: cctech(a)classiccmp.org On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:27:49AM -0600, Jeffrey Sharp wrote: consumer canned air? - Brush and vacuum cleaner. - Compressor. Use one that runs without oil. Some compressors need oil to run and are "contaminating" the air with it. Somtimes there are litle extra devices on the compressor to put a bit of oil into the air. Air driven machines need it. But it is not good for electronics. - Sometimes warm water and a brush to "simulate" a dishwasher. See the endless dishwasher discussion. Soak PCBs after washing in Isoprop and let it dry for some days. -- tschüß, Jochen Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com