[sdiy] Cleaning?

[Michael E Caloroso]

There are some things that cannot be cleaned.  While in the market for
an OBX years ago, one popped up on the 'bay that had been stored in a
shed and rodents had urinated on the PC boards.  That was a dealkiller
as rodent urine is a serious toxin which absorbs into PC boards like a
sponge, and you will NEVER get that stuff out.

MC

On 3/7/20, TERRY SHULTZ <thx1138 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> This unit is pretty Dirty, EBOLA hazard?
>
> We might have some parts still for this unit or a dead board that could be
> cannabalized.
>
> My partner , Paul Morte of Paul Morte Technical Service in Orange, Calif. is
> the right person to ask, Paul is the Nation Service Center for Yamaha
>
> I will be at the shop on Monday if you wish to call me. +1-562-355-4699, We
> also have User/Service Manuals and parts for Yamaha usually in stock, CS80
> parts are getting almost
> Impossible to obtain.
>
> Regards,
>
> Terry
>
>> On Mar 7, 2020, at 9:44 AM, David G Dixon <dixon at mail.ubc.ca> wrote:
>>
>> I washed all the bits of a whiteface ARP Odyssey that was unbelievably
>> filthy in my kitchen sink with hot water and dishwashing liquid.  It
>> worked great.  The synth works very well.
>>
>> I’m with the late, great Kevin Lightner – you can’t really hurt analog
>> electronics by washing them like the dishes.  Just make sure they are
>> properly dry before powering anything up.  Of course, anything with a
>> digital display is probably off limits for this.
>>
>> From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org
>> <mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org>] On Behalf Of Pete Hartman
>> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2020 7:20 AM
>> To: Michael Zacherl
>> Cc: SYNTH DIY
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Cleaning?
>>
>> There's a video out there of Kevin Lightner, a well regarded synth tech,
>> washing synth boards with simple green and a shower, and then immediately
>> blowing them dry with compressed air.  He's one of many notables no longer
>> with us, unfortunately.  There's the usual caveat of don't try this if you
>> don't know what you're doing, but I have always wanted to try it out with
>> one of my own cheaper project synths that is obviously suffering from too
>> much dirt.
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 3:51 AM Michael Zacherl <sdiy-mz01 at blauwurf.info
>> <mailto:sdiy-mz01 at blauwurf.info>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> seeing this photos from the DX1/DX5 parts thread, I’m wondering how to
>>> safely clean such boards?
>>>     https://imgur.com/a/m8NocSS <https://imgur.com/a/m8NocSS>
>>>
>>> Also asking, because there are open mechanical parts involved, so just
>>> rinsing the pcbs is apparently not an option?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Michael.
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