Green crystal stuff on PCB

[Ben Weaver]

'Ello All...

I've got an old (dud) laptop, and the little internal battery has leaked
a bit. There's green crystalline stuff growing on various components.

I'm quite familiar with fixing things, but as yet I haven't discovered a
better way of getting rid of this stuff other than scraping it off. Has
anyone found any good solvent liquid stuff that works? (Like flux
cleaner maybe?)

Cheers

Ben
~~~

 

[Rheilly Phoull]

"Ben Weaver" <bjw105@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:3F8542E3.2060000@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk...

'Ello All...

I've got an old (dud) laptop, and the little internal battery has leaked
a bit. There's green crystalline stuff growing on various components.

I'm quite familiar with fixing things, but as yet I haven't discovered a
better way of getting rid of this stuff other than scraping it off. Has
anyone found any good solvent liquid stuff that works? (Like flux
cleaner maybe?)

Cheers

Ben
~~~

Actually these are Dilithium crystals which you can sell to any StarTrek

vessel.
If you want to ignore that option, you could try a solution of bicarbonate
of soda in water applied with a stiff bristle brush, followed by a rinse of
distilled water and a blow job with the hair dryer.

--
Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull

 

[Ben Weaver]

Wor! I'll go for the first option!

Ta,

Ben
~~~

Rheilly Phoull wrote:

"Ben Weaver" <bjw105@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk> wrote in message
news:3F8542E3.2060000@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk...

'Ello All...

I've got an old (dud) laptop, and the little internal battery has leaked
a bit. There's green crystalline stuff growing on various components.

I'm quite familiar with fixing things, but as yet I haven't discovered a
better way of getting rid of this stuff other than scraping it off. Has
anyone found any good solvent liquid stuff that works? (Like flux
cleaner maybe?)

Cheers

Ben
~~~


Actually these are Dilithium crystals which you can sell to any StarTrek
vessel.
If you want to ignore that option, you could try a solution of bicarbonate
of soda in water applied with a stiff bristle brush, followed by a rinse of
distilled water and a blow job with the hair dryer.

 

[dg]

With a hair dryer? Wow, I have never tried that one.

--Dan

"Rheilly Phoull" <Rheilly@bigpond.com.au> wrote in message
news:bm3h83$ifh52$1@ID-151145.news.uni-berlin.de...

of soda in water applied with a stiff bristle brush, followed by a rinse
of
distilled water and a blow job with the hair dryer.

--
Regards ............... Rheilly Phoull

 

[tim kettring]

It was probably cleaned with windex or some other ammonia-based product .
( a often FATAL thing to do with electronic *anything*. )

I have seen many TV boards trashed because of it .

tim

Ben Weaver <bjw105@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk> wrote in message news:<3F8542E3.2060000@kroyremoveandreverse.ac.uk>...

'Ello All...

I've got an old (dud) laptop, and the little internal battery has leaked
a bit. There's green crystalline stuff growing on various components.

I'm quite familiar with fixing things, but as yet I haven't discovered a
better way of getting rid of this stuff other than scraping it off. Has
anyone found any good solvent liquid stuff that works? (Like flux
cleaner maybe?)

Cheers

Ben
~~~