I had that idea and did that on my polysix...a bakingsoda wash to clean the battery area, but I cant say it stopped anything from eventually getting worse.(at least in my case)
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From: Chromatest J. Pantsmaker <
chromatest@azburners.org>
To:
PolySix@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, December 6, 2007 4:49:24 PM
Subject: Re: [PolySix] Re: Why scrape the bad traces?
Technically, you'd need something basic to neutralize the acid.
Alcohol is a good thing to clean an area and dissolve solids and wash
them away. Of course, rubbing alcohol is acidic (ph 5.5). If you
really wanted to neutralize the acid, a solution of baking soda and
purified water soaking on it would help. Of course, after letting it
soak for a while, you'd want to wash it all off nicely. I'd use
purified water for this. Let it dry for a day before applying power.
On Dec 6, 2007 12:18 PM, synthmdl76 <synthmdl76@yahoo. com> wrote:
> I wiped the area good with rubbing alcohol multiple times.
>
>
> --- In PolySix@yahoogroups .com, "Sam Larch" <sdlarch@... > wrote:
> >
> > Can the acid permeate through the middle of the board? Such that
> cleaning
> > the surfaces would be futile?
> >
> > Incidentally, what is the best method for cleaning (neutralizing the
> acid
> > on) the surfaces of the board?
> >
>
> > On Dec 4, 2007 4:23 PM, gil_we <gil_we@...> wrote:
> >
> > > The acid spreads everywhere in the area, you have to clean it all up
> > > when fixing the bad traces.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In PolySix@yahoogroups .com <PolySix%40yahoogro ups.com>,
> "wasteking1"
> > > <wasteking1@ > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > --- In PolySix@yahoogroups .com <PolySix%40yahoogro ups.com>,
> "synthmdl76"
> > > <synthmdl76@ > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Cant you just run jumper wires to the need contacts and leave the
> > > > > damaged traces? I dont see why time needs to be taken to
> remove the
> > > > > "balcken'd" area.
> > > > >
> > > > I have wondered this myself...everyone said that the acid would
> spread
> > > > further eventually. In my own case, i did just jump wires at
> > > > first...everything worked for a few months then the patch switches
> > > > started being sluggish and then some started to stay on all the
> > > > time...so I took it apart again, scraped it all out ,restored all
> > > > continuities, replaced IC 31 and ic30....and NOTHING GOT ANY
> BETTER...
> > > > So i just sent my polysix about 100 miles to a supposed synth pro
> > > > because i dont understand what is going on anymore....but YES
> jumping
> > > > the wires did work at first.
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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