Re: Best way to clean up old cards?

[bob@bob.us]

A tv repairman friend of mine uses acetone and a small toothbrush. Does
a much better job than anything I've ever used including contact cleaner,
rubbing alcohol etc. He cleans video heads the same way.

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>   From: "rmbracalente" <AGmajor@gmail.com>

>I've recently been buying some old Apple II cards from eBay.  Some of
>them have been showing up with a bit of oxidation on some of the chips,
>traces & soldier joints.  What's the best way to clean these up?  I was
>thikning about hitting the trouble spots with some tuner cleaner (do
>they even still ~sell~ tuner cleaner?  I mean, who has a mechanical
>tuner on their tv anymore?) or CRC, but I didn't know if there was a
>product better targeted to this problem or not.