27 Oct
2020
27 Oct
'20
10:14 a.m.
Hi All,
I have an EP-1 eprom programmer from BP Microsystems.
The rubber feet melted. It was in my closet. I have no clue how it got
that hot, or if they
are just some composition for them to melt.
My question is how do I clean this up? Acetone, paint thinner? I scraped
off the feet, so there is
just a few 'streams' of melted rubber down the sides, and a bit that
somehow got inside (also on the side, not on the electronics).
Just looking for some ideas before I start applying chemicals...
Thanks,
Kelly
1 Nov
1 Nov
4:04 a.m.
Hello Adrian,
Am 01.11.2020 um 07:49 schrieb Adrian Stoness via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>:
heat gun and some acitone?
With that recipe, he?s likely to suffer from too much heat through actual flames. Acetone
is very flammable, and now combine that with a heat gun.
In addition, Acetone is very aggressive towards almost any kind of plastic.
:wq! PoC
12:19 a.m.
Dichloromethane (methylene dichloride) should take it right off.
Personally, I'd just charge up a buffing wheel with some aluminum oxide
and buff the stuff off and polish the metal.
0000 steel wool might accomplish the same thing.
--Chuck
4:07 a.m.
Hello Kelly,
Am 27.10.2020 um 18:14 schrieb Kelly Fergason via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org>:
The rubber feet melted. It was in my closet. I have
no clue how it got that hot, or if they are just some composition for them to melt.
Some kind of rubber loses elasticity over the years by having prolonged contact to
chemicals in wood finish or in the air.
To not do harm to other parts of the case, I always use denatured alcohol and a cloth for
some good rubbing.
:wq! PoC
8:38 a.m.
On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 12:14:41PM -0500, Kelly Fergason via cctalk wrote:
Hi All,
I have an EP-1 eprom programmer from BP Microsystems.
The rubber feet melted. It was in my closet. I have no clue how it got
that hot, or if they
are just some composition for them to melt.
My question is how do I clean this up?
[...]
Just looking for some ideas before I start applying
chemicals...
I will shoot in the dark, but... I wonder if wd40 could help? I
remember an article where they listed a number of cases when this
apparent elixir does a job. So, maybe this would be another such case?
--
Regards,
Tomasz Rola
--
** A C programmer asked whether computer had Buddha's nature. **
** As the answer, master did "rm -rif" on the programmer's home **
** directory. And then the C programmer became enlightened... **
** **
** Tomasz Rola mailto:tomasz_rola at bigfoot.com **
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