[Elecraft] Broke my K2 :(

[wb6rse1 at mac.com]

99% Isopropyl is available from Uline. Aerospace industry standard is Miller-Stephenson Contact Re-Nu MS-530. Evaporates quickly and leaves no residue. Great stuff but pricey and you'll have to work to find it.

GL - Steve WB6RSE

> 
> Yup, it's the 90% stuff.  It was impossible to get a year ago, but not
> too bad now.  Still, I had to wait a month or so when I ordered it from
> Amazon.
> 
>                      - Jerry KF6VB
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> 
> 
> On 2021-07-14 16:06, John Marvin wrote:
>> Hopefully this is obvious, but make sure you are using the 90-91%
>> isopropyl alcohol, and not the 70% variety. It can still be hard to
>> get the 90% variety these days.
>> 73,
>> John  - AC0ZG
>> On 7/14/2021 4:41 PM, Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE) wrote:
>>> Yes Jerry, isopropyl alcohol does this!
>>> I once cleaned a working print of a GPS receiver with isopropyl alcohol and it stopped working. Letting it be and trying it again next day turned out it worked perfectly again.
>>>  From then on I leave a PCB to rest after cleaning to have the IPA dry out completely...
>>> 73,
>>> Peter - PA0PJE