99% Isopropyl alcohol is the approved solvent for getting flux, et al off boards... It evaps rapidly and is water soluble...
______________________ Clay Autery, KY5G MONTAC Enterprises (318) 518-1389 On 7/27/2016 1:15 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: > My S3-line acquired a chronic case of creeping fungus on the chassis > while packed up and stored in the Philippines for 4 years. Returning > home, I took it to the DIY car wash a couple of times and then dried > it in the sun. Seemed to work really well, except for the fungi > living in the IF cans. YMMV, I won't be doing that to my K3 however. > > I'd be real wary of any kind of solvent(s), circuit boards used to be > washed with distilled water, maybe still are. Here in No NV, our > humidity runs in the single digits in the summer, things dry in the > sun very fast. > > 73, > > Fred K6DGW > Sparks NV > Washoe County DM09dn > > On 7/27/2016 9:16 AM, Clay Autery wrote: > >> NOT recommending this because it requires a great deal of >> care/experience, but I, as my OCD dictates, also clean individual >> circuit boards with 99% alcohol followed by hot water. Water is bad >> juju in the wrong places and you absolutely MUST make sure that it is >> all removed (I use elevated temps in a low humidity environment) prior >> to reinstallation. > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
