Best flux remover yet: brake cleaner...

[Joerg]

On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or a
polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white crap
behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12 to
clean out my fuel injectors.  Just on spec, I bought a can of Carquest
brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my current protos,
which were getting a bit gnarly.  (I picked it on the excellent grounds
that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable.  One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.  It
even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work.  (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.

Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car and
cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he used
Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Phil Hobbs]

On 2023-08-04 11:20, Joerg wrote:

On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or a
polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white
crap behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12 to
clean out my fuel injectors.  Just on spec, I bought a can of Carquest
brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my current protos,
which were getting a bit gnarly.  (I picked it on the excellent
grounds that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable.  One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.  It
even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work.  (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.


Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car and
cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he used
Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

Must have been a 2CV.

Cheers

Phil Hobbs

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510

http://electrooptical.net
http://hobbs-eo.com

 

[Joerg]

On 8/4/23 8:27 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:

On 2023-08-04 11:20, Joerg wrote:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or
a polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white
crap behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12
to clean out my fuel injectors.  Just on spec, I bought a can of
Carquest brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my
current protos, which were getting a bit gnarly.  (I picked it on the
excellent grounds that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable.  One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.
It even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work.  (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.


Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car
and cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he
used Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

Must have been a 2CV.

It was an older model VW Beetle.

I had a 2CV when I was young. 50mpg on regular unleaded with an engine
technology from the late 30\'s. Of course, it would never pass smog these
days but it did back then in Germany.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

lørdag den 5. august 2023 kl. 00.04.52 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:

On 8/4/23 8:27 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2023-08-04 11:20, Joerg wrote:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or
a polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white
crap behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12
to clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of
Carquest brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my
current protos, which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the
excellent grounds that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.
It even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.


Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car
and cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he
used Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

Must have been a 2CV.

It was an older model VW Beetle.

I had a 2CV when I was young. 50mpg on regular unleaded with an engine
technology from the late 30\'s. Of course, it would never pass smog these
days but it did back then in Germany.

wouldn\'t pass any safety tests either

 

[Lasse Langwadt Christensen]

fredag den 4. august 2023 kl. 17.20.48 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:

On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or a
polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white crap
behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12 to
clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of Carquest
brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my current protos,
which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the excellent grounds
that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all. It
even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.

Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car and
cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he used
Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

as long as you don\'t use the brakes enough to make it boil any liquid should work

 

[John Larkin]

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 15:14:16 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt
Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

lørdag den 5. august 2023 kl. 00.04.52 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:
On 8/4/23 8:27 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2023-08-04 11:20, Joerg wrote:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or
a polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white
crap behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12
to clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of
Carquest brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my
current protos, which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the
excellent grounds that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.
It even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.


Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car
and cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he
used Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

Must have been a 2CV.

It was an older model VW Beetle.

I had a 2CV when I was young. 50mpg on regular unleaded with an engine
technology from the late 30\'s. Of course, it would never pass smog these
days but it did back then in Germany.

wouldn\'t pass any safety tests either

Or beauty contests.

 

[Phil Hobbs]

Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

fredag den 4. august 2023 kl. 17.20.48 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or a
polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white crap
behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12 to
clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of Carquest
brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my current protos,
which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the excellent grounds
that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all. It
even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.

Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car and
cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he used
Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

as long as you don\'t use the brakes enough to make it boil any liquid should work

For awhile, anyway.

--
Dr Philip C D Hobbs Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics Optics,
Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics

 

[Joerg]

On 8/4/23 3:39 PM, John Larkin wrote:

On Fri, 4 Aug 2023 15:14:16 -0700 (PDT), Lasse Langwadt
Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:

lørdag den 5. august 2023 kl. 00.04.52 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:
On 8/4/23 8:27 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
On 2023-08-04 11:20, Joerg wrote:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or
a polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white
crap behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12
to clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of
Carquest brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my
current protos, which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the
excellent grounds that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all.
It even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.


Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car
and cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he
used Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

Must have been a 2CV.

It was an older model VW Beetle.

I had a 2CV when I was young. 50mpg on regular unleaded with an engine
technology from the late 30\'s. Of course, it would never pass smog these
days but it did back then in Germany.

wouldn\'t pass any safety tests either

Or beauty contests.

That depends on who\'s in it.

https://rickhurst.co.uk/images/2013-12-03-2cv-campervan/acadiane-oasi-exterior_700.png

Ok, technically that\'s not a 2CV anymore.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/

 

[Joerg]

On 8/4/23 3:56 PM, Phil Hobbs wrote:

Lasse Langwadt Christensen <langwadt@fonz.dk> wrote:
fredag den 4. august 2023 kl. 17.20.48 UTC+2 skrev Joerg:
On 7/31/23 11:41 AM, Phil Hobbs wrote:
Hi, all,

Just wanted to pass along a new (to me) discovery.

You know how when you try removing rosin flux with \"flux remover\" or a
polar solvent such as methanol or acetone, it leaves all this white crap
behind?

Yesterday I was in Advanced Auto Parts to get a can of Berryman B12 to
clean out my fuel injectors. Just on spec, I bought a can of Carquest
brake cleaner ($8ish for a 19-oz can) to try out on my current protos,
which were getting a bit gnarly. (I picked it on the excellent grounds
that it was the cheapest.)

Stuff is unbelievable. One good spritz, followed by a bit of canned
air, and the board looks like nobody ever monkeyed with it at all. It
even left the Sharpie annotations behind.

It does have various chlorinated things in it, but man, does it ever
work. (Use it outside if you don\'t have a fume hood.)

Highly recommended.

Thanks for the hint.

This reminds me of a guy in Kenya who was interviewed because he found
out that beer worked well enough (for him) as brake fluid in his car and
cost much less than the DOT stuff. The reporter asked him why he used
Nigerian beer and not domestic. \"It brakes better\".

as long as you don\'t use the brakes enough to make it boil any liquid should work


For awhile, anyway.

Until someone finds out it\'s beer and knows where to tap it.

--
Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com/