Decaying foam on PCBs

[David Collins]

In Australia there’s this product ;

https://awareenvironmental.com.au/product/sticky-spot-goo-dissolver/

It’s citrus based but I haven’t had any bad effects on PCBs. It does affect some styrene plastics but in general it’s safe and very effective. 

If you aren’t in Aus, a similar citrus based product should work - just my experience. 

David Collins
HP Computer Museum


> On 28 Aug 2019, at 10:39 am, Jules Richardson via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
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> I picked up a couple of HP 5036A logic trainers today, both of which have had goopy decaying foam come into contact on their PCBs. What's effective at removing it? I've only ever had problems with it in locations where I can use things such as citrus-based cleaners, but I'm a bit wary of using those around a PCB. Is regular Dawn/water likely to work?
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> thanks!
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> Jules
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