Mouse doody

From: Jay West <jwest_at_classiccmp.org>
Date: Tue Jan 13 21:09:04 2004

Unfortunately, I have a lot of experience cleaning mouse doody and urine :\

My solution is water for cleaning, followed by denatured alcohol. Give it a
bath, pour it all over. The denatured alcohol is NOT for cleaning, it's for
forcing the water out which if left unchecked can corrode. The only problem
with denatured alcohol is it will definitely take off the heat sink
compounds and such, and isn't great for some heat sinks themselves. So take
those off, clean with water, then rinse with denatured alcohol then dry in
the oven set to very lowest setting or with a hair dryer (careful about the
fumes).

And I still emphatically swear by Caig ProGold for cleaning all gold
contacts, edge connectors... the best stuff made for that.

Jay
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Girnius" <thedm_at_sunflower.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
<cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:28 PM
Subject: Re: Mouse doody


> I've personally had good luck with denatured alcohol. You can get it at a
> good paint or hardware store. Ace hardware here has it for 9.99 a gallon,
> don't soak it though, just rinse it. If boards are really bad already it
> can clean a trace off, make sure you test an area first.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Willis" <willisj_at_atlantis.clogic-int.com>
> To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Mouse doody
>
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > I feel your pain... My VAX 11/750 had mouse "evidence" all over its
> > interior when I got it--including, but not limited to, a full nest
> > on top of the console tape drive.
> >
> > Didn't really think about the potential problems with urine...
> > But, with the exception of a bad RS-232 line receiver, which is
> > a common issue anyway, it works great.
> >
> > John
> > >
> > > Sifting through ye ol' computer shed, I brought down two alpha 255's I
> > > intended to combine and make one working machine.
> > > I was not too surprised to find that the local field mice had got
inside
> the
> > > case through an open pci-slot cover and had made a nest.
> > > I cleaned out the seeds and wadding and mouse doody, but I need to
> probably
> > > clean to motherboard from mouse urine.
> > >
> > > Any suggestions??
> > >
> > > I know urine can have a possible corrosive effect so I want to make
sure
> I can
> > > clean the MB thoroughly, before attempting to put it back together.
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Tom
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > John Willis
> > Coherent Logic Development
> >
> > willisj_at_atlantis.clogic-int.com
> >
> >
>
>
>
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