No! The reason far starting a clean up like this one with water is to find out if the goop is water soluble. If it is, then water is the best choice to clean it up. If it isn't, water won't do anything with it, but no harm done. If you start with a solvent, a) it may not work on water based goop and b) you could be on your way to creating an even more destructive chemical soup (just finished watching Batman...). Flux remover Is extremely nasty and I seriously doubt that could be flux on the board. Are we all so far from our bachelor days that no one can remember what happens to food or beverages when left on a surface for really long periods of time undisturbed? Best Ike
Ike Zimbel Zimbel Audio Ltd 416-720-0887 www.zimbelaudio.com Sent from my iPhone On 2011-05-14, at 8:16 PM, Andrew Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > How about using flux reomover? > > > > > Andrew > > > > > On May 14, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Greg Norman wrote: > >> It looks like someone sprayed a wonder solution all over those, and it broke >> down over the years. I agree with others in replacing your connectors. >> Good luck. >> >> Greg Norman >> Electrical Audio Recording >> 773.539.2555 >> www.electrical.com >> >> >> >> >> >> On May 13, 2011, at 10:14 PM, pete wrote: >> >>> hey all - >>> so i'm restoring an older series 3c here and after taking out all the >>> modules, i'm finding that the backplane has this greasy gunk over some >>> sections. (see photos). anyone ever see anything like this in older gear? >>> is this some lube or cleaning agent that has transformed into goo after >>> years? i'm cleaning this out with q-tips, but it's in the molex connectors >>> as well (i'm assuming)... what's the best bet to clean this out thoroughly? >>> Caig? >>> >>> thanks all... >>> -pete >>> >>> <cleaning1.JPG> >>> <cleaning2.JPG> >> >
