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Title: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: Servo on March 01, 2014, 10:15:45 am I have a filthy GO7 chassis and i was wondering what the best way to clean it would be. I have seen people hose them down in their back yard and others but them in the dishwasher. It seams crazy to me to wet them like that but is this a safe way of cleaning it. any advice would be appreciated...
Servo Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: iankellogg on March 01, 2014, 11:53:45 am for comparison, I work at a power electronics design company and the PCB's we make all go through a dishwasher. Just don't use soap, and ether let them air dry for like a week or put them in an oven at around 180f for an hour or so.
Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: STEVESPEEZE on March 01, 2014, 03:30:40 pm I have a filthy GO7 chassis and i was wondering what the best way to clean it would be. I have seen people hose them down in their back yard and others but them in the dishwasher. It seams crazy to me to wet them like that but is this a safe way of cleaning it. any advice would be appreciated... Servo Yeah I saw that youtube video too.. don't do that lol. invest in a small air compressor and some paint brushes . personally I would take it apart and clean it by hand piece by piece. Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: atariforever2002 on March 01, 2014, 10:57:08 pm Simple green or similar, garden hose, air compressor, warm sunny day. I've done it a dozen times. It easy, fast and thurough. Have even done it in the dishwasher a time or 2. These are crappy old PCB's not Rembrandts'. Just grab your sack and do it!
Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: STEVESPEEZE on March 02, 2014, 08:10:03 am These are crappy old PCB's not Rembrandts'. Just grab your sack and do it! Because if you are careful............... (http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/turbografx/My%20new%20buick/200213_204705009557957_100000553786534_701185_5089422_n.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/turbografx/media/My%20new%20buick/200213_204705009557957_100000553786534_701185_5089422_n.jpg.html) Sometimes you get way nicer results............. (http://i1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb392/turbografx/575635_617996868228767_1206659689_n.jpg) (http://s1203.photobucket.com/user/turbografx/media/575635_617996868228767_1206659689_n.jpg.html) Title: Re: Post by: iankellogg on March 02, 2014, 09:50:41 am Do you clean clean your cars with a toothbrush?
Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Title: Re: Post by: STEVESPEEZE on March 02, 2014, 11:03:24 am Do you clean clean your cars with a toothbrush? Sent from my SM-N900V using Tapatalk Yes I do clean clean my cars cars with a toothbrush toothbrush lol. And my monitor chassis... I guess you can clean a monitor chassis many different ways but when you only have one shot at it you should be very careful with something that old. what I meant was I remove the chassis from the frame before I clean it and so on. Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: UnwoundS3GA on March 03, 2014, 12:01:18 am I have a filthy GO7 chassis and i was wondering what the best way to clean it would be. I have seen people hose them down in their back yard and others but them in the dishwasher. It seams crazy to me to wet them like that but is this a safe way of cleaning it. any advice would be appreciated... I just got done cleaning my G07 chassis! For all the chassis's I have cleaned, I used MG Chemicals Isopropyl Alcohol Electronics Cleaner - This: http://goo.gl/mvCM2o I usually put the alcohol into a aerosol spray bottle, and spray it down on the solder side and parts side to get the excess dirt off. Then I use a paintbrush to get the little things off. After, I am done with this process I use compressed air to get most of the alcohol off, than let air dry for at least 24 hours. Hope it helps! ;) Servo Title: Re: How best to clean a dirty chasis Post by: iankellogg on March 07, 2014, 08:14:32 am I just did 3 cap kits this week and I did exactly like i said, I put the chassis into the dish washer with no soap. then into the oven at 150F for an hour. I have hard water so there was some calcium on the pcbs, a toothbrush and alcohol fixed that, they look much better now and took less work.
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