Whatever you do, use caution in cleaning that stuff up. Rodent droppings, especially when they become dried over time, are a major threat to carry some really vicious diseases into your body if the dust gets airborne.
http://www.cdc.gov/rodents/diseases/direct_rodents.htm 73, Paul, AE4KR ----- Original Message ----- From: Scott To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com Cc: Scott Overstreet Sent: Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:20 PM Subject: [Repeater-Builder] Rat Track Solvent? Hello All I said OK to an invitation to fix a repeater that suddenly quit after years of trouble free service. Found a critical wire chewed in two and several more "almosts". The fixes were easy but a problem remains in the cleanup. Rat trash and droppings (OK to read as a common four letter word) swept and vacuumed out easily but the brown "tracking" residue remaining on the base surfaces and trails is resistant to everything I have tried----water, dish and laundry detergents straight and with water, 409, alcohol, "Goo-off" and paint thinner. The crud releases from vinyl wire with a lot of scrubbing using one of the detergents and water but nothing I have tried lifts the crud at all from a painted, galvanized or plated metal surface. What works?---any and all practical suggestions will be tried and their performance reported. Thanks much-- Scott, N6NXI
