HELP!! WATER DAMAGE!!!

[Michael Overacker]

dean stiglitz wrote:

> hi all,
> if anyone has seen the news in the northeast...we got rain.
> unfortunately, my entire studio was flooded above my knees.  i need
> advice on drying things out, and would appreciate hearing anyone elses
> experiences in this type of mess.
> i'm really hurting, my mac (brand new 9gig), 888 interface, expansion
> chassis, peavy filter, tg77, saxophone, digital and analouge keys, 1604,
> zip disks...this stuff was all totaly submurged... you get the idea, its
> a mess (i'm not doing so well either).
>
> i have removed the covers from everything, and have it all laid out in
> the garage with a fan blowing over everything (looks like a plane
> crash).  i took the batteries out of everything i could, and things are
> starting to dry out.
>
> i'm assuming that i should spray something in all pots and switches to
> displace the water, but i'm not sure what to use...any suggestions??
> any help is appreciated.
>
> deknow

I KNOW where you are coming from. My studio was flooded in 1985. I never got
my computer to work again. The first thing is to rinse all of the flooded
gear with clean water. It is wet already. This will remove alot of the crap
that was in the muddy water. I used a board cleaner to wash off the boards
before I let them dry. I only recovered a couple of synths from that flood.
I hope you had flood insurance.

Mike