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Subject: Re: Cleaning PCB without Acetone

From: "mycroft2152" <mycroft2152@...>
Date: 2006-02-07

There is another solvent that should be considered for cleaning
pcb's, DHMO. I've used it successfully for many years.

For further info:

http://www.dhmo.org/facts.html

TANSTAAFL!

Myc

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Richard <metal@...> wrote:
>
>
> hi Dennis,
>
> Thanks much for the refs to possible sources.
>
> I was speaking mostly to what one would find with wide
> availability and low price; i.e at the grocery store.
>
> In any case, I've never had a problem using the 90% IPA.
>
> Leon: acetone is trivial to obtain. Just go to the hardware
> store and buy it by the gallon. At least, I've never had the
> slightest trouble finding it. Have not bought any for....4 yrs.
> now tho. Same with MEK. Right there on the shelf next
> to the Acetone, in 1-qt and 1-gal metal cans.
>
> Of course, the anal bureuacrats are making life more difficult
> every day. So probably we can't even buy water any more....
>
> Richard
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