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Where to get small amount of alcohol for cleaning elec
grace2much
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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!!
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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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 kitsHow do I add a signature?0
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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
Wow that was a fast response.............much appreciated........:j“Having, first, gained all you can, and, secondly saved all you can, then give all you can"....John Wesley
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Lighter petrol is also excellent. Costs pennies in any tobacconist.0
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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 it0
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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.0 -
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.It's not my fault your honour, they made me do it.0 -
Try poundland, they do a a dvd cleaner there with a small bottle of it.0
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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.0 -
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)0
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