[sdiy] Poly 61 near death?

[Richard Arntzen]

Well - vinegar (acetic acid) is a weak acid, more alkaline than <most>
battery acids, so it should be excellent. Be careful about using a random
alkaline - baking soda are possibly fine, lye are very possibly not fine.

Richard

>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
>  [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Ken Stone
>  Sent: Saturday, October 22, 2005 00:18
>  To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>  Subject: Re: [sdiy] Poly 61 near death?
>  
>  >to scrub everything clean with alcohol or maybe there's a better
>  >>
>  > solvent for the battery acid..I dunno. ANyone?
>  
>  I would suggest baking soda - it is an alkaline, which you 
>  need to neutralize any acid. I did one unit where the 
>  batteries were so far gone that there were several chips 
>  hidden under a mountain of corrosive "fluff"
>  and that's what I used. The thing still works, and it is 
>  several years later.
>  
>  Ken
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