Where to get small amount of alcohol for cleaning elec

Hi all, I need to clean some elctrical circuits on my remote control and was told using alcohol was the best and safest to use to avoid damaging anything.

I only need a teaspoonful, any ideas where could buy this cheap or is there an household liquid alternative I could use......thanks!!
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  • Figment
    Figment Posts: 2,643 Forumite
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    Isopropyl Alcohol is what you need. You can buy it from a decent chemist (ask the pharmacist). It is also the stuff used in cassette/video head cleaning kits
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  • grace2much
    grace2much Posts: 370 Forumite
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    Figment wrote: »
    Isopropyl Alcohol is what you need. You can buy it from a decent chemist (ask the pharmacist). It is also the stuff used in cassette/video head cleaning kits

    Wow that was a fast response.............much appreciated........:j
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  • grizzly1911
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  • GlynD
    GlynD Posts: 10,883 Forumite
    Lighter petrol is also excellent. Costs pennies in any tobacconist.
  • pledgeX
    pledgeX Posts: 527 Forumite
    I got some Isopropyl Alcohol from Amazon a while back. Cost me ~£5 if I recall. Waayyyy more than I needed but the easiest place I could get it
  • Hi,

    if you buy one of those cd/dvd cleaning discs in £ shop you get a wee bottle of cleaner with it, lasts for ages, use with cotton bud.
  • Squire_Fulwood
    Squire_Fulwood Posts: 389 Forumite
    edited 19 June 2012 at 6:36PM
    I bought some of those pads that they wipe your skin with prior to an injection. I got 200 for a few quid on Ebay. When finished just throw it away.

    I put "alcohol wipes" into the search bar in Ebay.
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  • mttylad
    mttylad Posts: 1,519 Forumite
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    Try poundland, they do a a dvd cleaner there with a small bottle of it.
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    Meths (actually mostly ethanol with a dash of methanol) is about £3 for a pint or so - and what you don't use to clean the circuit boards makes excellent camping stove fuel, very clean burning, very hot. You can home-make a stove from 2 beer cans!

    Americans can't get the stuff we can in the UK so often use isopropyl alcohol instead, I prefer meths for the price and quality though.
  • david39
    david39 Posts: 1,968 Forumite
    Isopropyl Alcohol can be bought in an aerosol from Maplins.

    Bought some 5 years ago, at an exorbitant price and still got 99.9% of it left (lol)
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