i've always done fine hand washing mac cases with a little dish soap. re: the dishwasher problem, it was probably due not to the aggressive water spray but rather the automatic dishwasher soap, most of them contain allot of lye and sometimes a bleach, not good for your' hands or electronics, but excellent for dissolving food and not sudsing, similar to draino!
Mark Benson wrote: ------ > I recommend against putting pre-1990 cases in the dishwasher (any Mac > II except the IIsi maybe and any compact apart from the Classics/CCs) > as the earlier machines did not use tin plated shielding for EMI > reduction, instead they used a spray paint of heavily loaded silver > metal paint on the inside of the case. Back when we discussed doing > LCs and Mac IIs on Vint. Macs one guy said his dishwasher stripped > the silver paint off of the inside of his IIci casing. Unless you > know a place that sells the spray paint (for repainting inside TVs > maybe as they used it too) I'd avoid the dishwasher. A combination of > a good foam case cleaner and some Isopropyl Alcohol spray for the > tough stains brought my pair of SE/30s up like new, apart from a -------- -- "To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them." (Richard Henry Lee, Virginia delegate to the Continental Congress, initiator of the Declaration of Independence, and member of the first Senate, which passed the Bill of Rights.) -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
