I buy 90% isopropyl alcohol at Wal*Mart and use it for PCB cleaning. I think it's a couple dollars for a quart bottle, available in the drug section. I've also found 90% at most drug stores or supermarkets if you look carefully.
It's a lot cheaper than Everclear, but you can't consume the excess! Jack K8ZOA On 12/26/2010 11:06 AM, Gary K9GS wrote: [edited to remove non-pertinent parts] > > 2) Once you have most of the goop cleaned off, I recommend using > alcohol to remove any remaining residue. You can use store bought > Isopropyl alcohol but the problem is that the stuff you buy in a store > is only 70%...with the remaining 30% being water. A much better thing > to use is to buy some Ethyl alcohol. Go to your local liquor store and > buy a pint of grain alcohol. Brand name around here is "Everclear". > This is 95% Ethyl alcohol...about as high as you can get outside of a > chemistry lab. Alcohol is naturally hygroscopic (absorbs water) so > you'll never get 100%. > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
