What's better than canned air?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jan 23 08:20:43 2003

At 01:01 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Chris wrote:
>
>And the other major downside to all this... that dust has to go
>somewhere... so my work bench now has to get regular scrubbing to remove
>the crap that has gone airborne and resettled (and I'm afraid of what all
>winds up in my lungs). Because of this, I have tried to move to a vaccum
>for much of the initial dirt pickup, and switch to the air for the final
>details.

   That's why I always use a vacuum cleaner with an upholstery brush to remove as much dust as possible THEN blow the remianing stuff out using the blower port on the vacuum. The brush really helps in getting the stuff out of cracks and crevices. I use a small (~15" x 5" dia) AC powered vacuum made by Hoover. It developes plenty of suction and vacuum and it's very compact.

   The blower is also very helpful in getting water out from under the ICs and other hidden places if I wash something.

   Joe
Received on Thu Jan 23 2003 - 08:20:43 GMT