[Elecraft] Brush or Blow Dust?

[rkstover at mchsi.com]

I'd use the canned air.
The brush can be used for anything that doesn't blow off.
The Diflouroethane is the canned air propellant.
--
R. Kevin Stover, ACØH 



-------------- Original message from "Dan Nixon" <w4ea at comcast.net>: -------------- 


> I'm an old ham who has built a lot of kits over the years. I am really 
> excited though to become an Elecraft user having just received my K3 kit. My 
> question has to do with instructions to "either brush or blow away any dust 
> or lint from the front panel area around the encoder shaft". 
> 
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> 
> I have a good old standby fine bristle brush I use for my radio front 
> panels. I also have a fairly new can of the "Cleaning Duster: which states 
> that it is for removing dust and dirt from audio, video and other such 
> equipment. It contains "Difluoroethane" ??? 
> 
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> 
> Question is: What would you recommend to use "safely"....Dan, W4EA