Jason Buchanan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> made an utterance to the drakelist gang
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On Aug 5, 2007, at 8:00 PM, VE3ES wrote:
The previous owner was a smoker and the radios all smell of such.
Some were longer in his possession than others which means the
layer of nicotine is thicker than the new items. These are the
first nicotine-soaked-rice-boxes (or anything for that matter) that
I have ever had in my possession.
The question is.....any idea on how to clean this stuff? The smell
of smoke is quite noticeable. A quick cleaning with a j-cloth and
water cleaned off a layer of dust and some of the easier to clean
yellowing.
Remove the top and bottom lids, apply lots of Windex with ammonia.
Be prepared to use a lot if the surfaces are coated heavily.
Remove tubes from upper deck, wipe surface with cotton cloth wetted
with Windex. get lots of cotton rags, preferably washed with no
fabric softener. I get cotton baby diapers and wash them a few times
with just a drop of soap and no fabric softener... once the fabric
is softened by agitation it is good to use on just about anything.
get lots of cloth as the grime will scratch the surfaces if you keep
using it. I use cotton baby diapers to cover my gear, especially
keyboards.
As to the underside of the radio, your best bet is to put it outside
and let the wind blow across it for a week. The ozone and oxygen in
the air will neutralize the odors pretty quickly. Obviously you'd
want to protect it from birds and nibbling squirrels.
hope this helps......
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73 Jason N1SU
http://n1su.com/
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