[Milsurplus] Way OT: Is soot corrosive?

[J. Forster]

Soot is the product of incomplete combustion...  not enough oxygen... and
is essentially very finely powdered carbon (lamp black).

However, in practice, it is not pure carbon. It is often oily and those
oils may absorb other combustion products. The oil makes the soot stick.

I'd try one of two things:

Fantastic on things that can get wrt (NOT transformers, speakers, etc)

Rubber Cement Thinner on other surfaces.

I'd not try to scrub it off, as that may make matters worse.

FWIW,

-John

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> A local ham had a small fire in his house and soot got over ( and in )
> everything.   He wrote me
>
> "I want to know if my ham gear is cleaned up will residue soot being
> corrosive eat the boards."
>
> He runs plastic Yaewoodcom type radios. I'd assume if soot is corrosive
> and
> the boards in the radios lack conformal coating the answer is probably
> yes,
> but that's a guess.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Mark K3MSB
>
> Sent from my Android phone
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