Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-07 Thread Paul K
True, but you cannot squirt them into the air and ignite the spray... A safer version is to fold citrus skin and ignite the spraying oils. Dried citrus skin makes excellent fire lighters. Yes yes, I know I'm a pyromaniac. Fire is our friend ;-) Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-05 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
The postings on this topic have been very interesting and constructive. Paul, I went to Dick Smith, following your lead, and obtained a product ISO PRO in a 250 ml spray pack for $8.00. It is 99.7% isopropyl alcohol. Thanks to all. Merv At 9:45 AM +0800 4/5/08, Paul K wrote: We got ours

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-04 Thread James Devenish
Hi, Is isopropanol good for cleaning the keys on these new apple aluminium keyboards? Officially, Apple's line is this: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=30889 (use isopropanol for casings), http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=34883 (have keyboards cleaned by

isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-03 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
Isopropyl alcohol is recommended by the manufacturers of my printer, OKI, and my fax machine, Brother, for the cleaning of the LEDs. The only product containing isopropyl alcohol that my local chemist has is rubbing alcohol sold as Isocol. Will this meet the cleaning requirements? Merv

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-03 Thread Antony N. Lord
Isopropyl alcohol is recommended by the manufacturers of my printer, OKI, and my fax machine, Brother, for the cleaning of the LEDs. The only product containing isopropyl alcohol that my local chemist has is rubbing alcohol sold as Isocol. Will this meet the cleaning requirements? In short

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-03 Thread Mervyn Giuliana Bond
Thanks Antony and Bob. I go ahead with a purchase. Merv At 6:42 PM +0800 3/5/08, Antony N. Lord wrote: Isopropyl alcohol is recommended by the manufacturers of my printer, OKI, and my fax machine, Brother, for the cleaning of the LEDs. The only product containing isopropyl alcohol that my

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-03 Thread Paul K
We got ours from Dick Smith. Does a great job of cleaning keyboards too. Cheers Paul -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml Guidelines - http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml Unsubscribe - mailto:[EMAIL

Re: isopropyl alcohol

2008-05-03 Thread James Devenish
Hi all, For electronic applications, I would recommend the high-purity isopropanol spray bottles from Dick Smith or Altronics (as mentioned by Antony and Paul). It looks like Iscol is a rubbing product diluted to 70% solvent. This is like the old trick of diluting ethanol 50%/50% with water —