Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "fenrir_co" <fenrir@...> wrote:
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan" 
> > <stefan_trethan@
> > wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 18 Apr 2006 17:31:46 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@> wrote:
> > 
> > > Eyeglass tissues are good, usually. Let them dry out and wet them 
> > > with
> > >
> > > the cleaning solution. Just damp, not dripping.
> > 
> > Can do!
> > 
> > How do you feel about clean (new) sponges and kitchen washing up 
> > pads?  
> > Those don't seem to have fibers that can come loose.
> > 
> > >
> > >
> > 
> 
> In the US there are two products I reccomend, Bounty makes a paper 
> towel specifically for glass, it's on a roll and has a blue quilt 
> pattern on it. It's not 100% lint free but it's /far/ better than a 
> standard paper towel. It also does not leave residue - I've found many 
> paper towels will leave residue on metal if used with IPA or acetone 
> that causes as many problems as whatever was originally contaminating 
> the board. The blue ones do not do this.

In an inkjet printer, just one fiber left touching a nozzle can cause
banding and ink wicking. Just one fiber left across the rubber seal on
the park pad can cause ink wicking and drying.

> Windex has now come out with disposable microfiber cloths. These are 
> also 100% lint free. They're usually found with the 'swiffer' cloths 
> since they're in a box. They're also reusable. I found them rather 
> useless for cleaning glass because they're /so/ non-abrasive that 
> anything that might be really gummed up on the window will not come 
> off. I prefer the Bounty paper towels for actual glass cleaning, but 
> the Windex ones might be better for this application.

This sounds a lot like the Coralite premoistened Window Wipes that I
use. Check for a Dollar Store (the actual name of the store is The
Dollar Store) and see if your's carries them. They are the most truly
lint-free wipe I've come across, even counting all the different types
I've tried as an electronics tech that were supposedly lint-free.

You could use those non-disposable microfiber cloths, but as it takes
a couple dozen to clean up a dirty printer, you will be doing an awful
lot of washing of that cloth.

I just got a C84 without cartridges (dang it!) and a Photo EX (no
chips) to play with.

Steve Greenfield