[R-390] Cleaning Modules

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If you go for the discount brands, you get water. If you buy the fancy  
stuff you get water and other things. This is one case where spending  
more money does not get you the better product.

Bob


On Nov 4, 2007, at 9:46 PM, keller family wrote:

> Bob, the alcohol I used didn't have anything but water in the other  
> 10%, so I guess that's why it left everything so clean.
>
> Bill
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Camp" <ham at cq.nu>
> To: "keller family" <kellerfamily01 at charter.net>
> Cc: <ews265 at rochester.rr.com>; <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 5:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [R-390] Cleaning Modules
>
>
>> Hi
>>
>> The only problem with using rubbing alcohol is what's in the other   
>> 10%. The stuff *should* be 10% water. In some cases it's got some   
>> lanolin or glycerine (!!) in it. That apparently makes it "super"  
>> for  your skin. It leaves a bit of "stuff" if you use it for  
>> cleaning  radios. Hopefully a quick look at the label will let you  
>> know what  they did or didn't put in the stuff you are about to buy.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> On Nov 3, 2007, at 7:10 PM, keller family wrote:
>>
>>> I have had very good results using plain old 90% rubbing alcohol   
>>> that I got at Sam's club.  It cleans all the stainless and  
>>> aluminum  surfaces very well just using a rag, and you can brush  
>>> it into  cracks and such to flush out gunk.  The best thing is  
>>> that you don't  have to rinse it.  The last thing I used it on was  
>>> an extremely  dirty SP-600, and it came out looking almost new.
>>> Bill  WB5KXO
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