[sdiy] How to remove battery acid

[KA4HJH]

>> Hi list, i've just got a gadget that's stained with
>> some kind of battery acid so that it doesn't work. I
>> don't know what kind of battery was in the machine,
>> but the stains are hard and turquoise-ish. Any clues?
>>
>> Karl
>http://www.oldcrows.net/~oldcrow/synth/korg/polysix/repair3.html

Yep, the old puked NiCad. Blue-green crystals, everything copper
disintegrated. I'm picturing the logic board in a Bally pinball right now...

The stuff travels up the traces, up the legs of IC's--it's a nightmare.

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Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"