i usually use a vacuum cleaner (a 30+ year old
kingston canister) and a long brush made for
ceramic/pottery cleaning and painting.
the brush has a foot long handle and a 1 inch wide
bruch - perfact for most places.
the round brush vac attachment is good for cabinent's
and the like but i don't use it on boards (static
reasons).
i do use oil less and oil filled air compressers,but
after the compresser i have an air dryer going into a
regulator.
the regulator keeps the extra and non extra chips on
the board ;-)
as long as you use the plastic "bowl" inline drier
(around 40 - 50 us dollars) it will keep the oil/water
out of the regulator and off of your equipment.
i use the vac/brush the most and save the air rig for
the really tough job's and spots.
Bill
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 13:46:59 +0100
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: What's better than canned air?
Reply-To: cctech_at_classiccmp.org
On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:27:49AM -0600, Jeffrey
Sharp wrote:
> Discuss, please. What do *you* use instead of
consumer canned air?
- Brush and vacuum cleaner.
- Compressor. Use one that runs without oil. Some
compressors need oil
to run and are "contaminating" the air with it.
Somtimes there are litle
extra devices on the compressor to put a bit of oil
into the air. Air
driven machines need it. But it is not good for
electronics.
- Sometimes warm water and a brush to "simulate" a
dishwasher. See the
endless dishwasher discussion. Soak PCBs after washing
in Isoprop and
let it dry for some days.
--
tschüß,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
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