Cleaning up battery leakage

[steven stengel]

Vinegar with an acid-brush always works for me.

Afterwards, IPA (isopropyl alcohol) cleans away the
residue.

Steve.



--- Dave Dunfield <dave04a at dunfield.com> wrote:

> This summer, I received a box full of parts
> containing a Grid Compass 1101
> which I was told was "beyond repair due to a battery
> leak".
> 
> I've been looking it over, and I'm not so sure -- a
> battery definately
> leaked over the section of the board containing the
> bubble memory sockets.
> however the board actually does not look that badly
> damaged - the coating
> seems to have mostly protected it - there is visible
> corrosion at solder
> joints, however again - not that bad - most of them
> just have a rough
> texture.
> 
> The board however is quite covered in some areas
> with a white substance
> which obviously came from the battery and "dried
> up". It is quite firmly
> glued to the board, and appears to be slightly
> conductive. I've carefully
> scraped away a small section, and as noted above,
> the board underneath
> looks to be in not-that-bad shape ... however
> mechanical removal would be
> very tedious the the risk of damaging something
> high.
> 
> I don't know what type of battery it was, because
> it's long gone, and I've
> not seen the inside of this particular model
> before...
> 
> Anyone got any suggestions on ways to clean this up
> - It's a nice and
> somewhat historic machine, which I would love to
> salvage if at all possible.
> 
> (Cool little bubble memory modules)
> 
> Regards,
> Dave
> -- 
> dave04a (at)    Dave Dunfield
> dunfield (dot)  Firmware development services &
> tools: www.dunfield.com
> com             Collector of vintage computing
> equipment:
>                
> http://www.parse.com/~ddunfield/museum/index.html
> 
> 
> 



		
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