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From: "kilocycles" <kilocycles@...>
To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 6:50 PM
Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Isopropyl Alcohol


> There was thread awhile back about using isopropyl alcohol as a board
> prep cleaner. The typical stuuf you find is 70%, but you can also get
> 91%, which is what I buy as a wound disinfectant/cleaner of
> contacts...but it still has a significant amount of water.
>
> In the 2006 Allied catalog, there is some very desirable stuff:
> 99.953% pure anhydrous isopropyl alcohol. Pricey for 3.5 oz (100 ml)
> at $4.46, but not bad for 500 ml at $6.53. So, it's available.

The IPA I've got is supplied by Electrolube, and is 99.7%. It's a 1L can,
and should last me for years. Current price from Rapid Electronics is £6.99
+ VAT, which is quite reasonable. It works very well for cleaning resist and
flux off my PCBs.

Leon
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