Restoring Vintage Radios and Music Equipment : How to Clean Vintage Electronic Circuits

[d3tach3d]

audio recorded with a vintage toaster?

[alconoxinc]

Interesting video. Have you heard of / tried using Alconox (Detergent 8) for cleaning electronics / circuit boards? Would you recommend?

[OFR]

One of the more useful ways is to use a small hand vacuum with a soft brush attachment, you brush gently and it sucks up the loose dirt and dust. This gets rid of most of that dirt that could later dislodge and cause trouble. Then you can try this cleaning and vacuum again.

[ieGod]

@OFR I wouldn't recommend this due to build up of static discharges that could occur as the dust migrates across the different material layers. You're risking shorting the board where it shouldn't be shorted, and could cause serious damage.

[radiorob1]

Before I did all that, I would blow it off with compressed air. However be aware that with newer electronics that are static sensitive, there is a slight possibility of static damage. Not a problem with electronics without IC chips or micro-p's.

[whorehearder]

I thought water is bad for electronics?

[younghifi]

Distilled water isn't so bad (after it evaporates after "washing" of course :) )

[cgcat93]

@whorehearder water is not bad for electronics. that is, as long as you don't try running electronics while they are still wet.

[DrCassette]

Really helpful video!