leaky batteries! - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

1 Dec 2003

On Dec 2, 19:30, Witchy wrote:

...
  Whilst getting an old Videomaster pong ready for sale
(even though I know
...
  nobody will buy it) I discovered it still had its
batteries in from the last
...
  time it was used - 1970s by the looks of the batteries
- and they'd
 naturally leaked all over the place.

 I've tried standard Foamcleaner (anti static, natch) to remove the lovely
...
  brown stuff but it's not having any of it. Any
tips for removal of this
...
  stuff without scratching the plastic too much? 
I guess it depends on what the brown stuff is, and where it is.  On the
case?  You could try soaking it in something mildly alkaline, like
washing soda, or in sugar soap solution, and see if it softens it.  Is
this a deposit on the surface, or has it combined with the plastic?  So
long as it's not actually reacted with the plastic, I find Flash is
pretty good.  A small bucket of hot water with a dollop of Flash, and a
cloth, is my weapon of choice for cables and metal/plastic cases.

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