camcorder+lemonade not a good mixture! help

annie123

Hi my nice camcorder only a few months old has had about 1" of lemonade from a glass over it:eek:
Thanks kids.:mad:

It turns on ok but it won't play tape, infact mangled tape when I tried.

What can/should I do?

techexpert

put it somewhere warm, dont turn it on, leave it for a few weeks in the warm place

randomtask_2

Try using a cotton bud to swab any moisture that might still visible, particularly where the tape would be placed.

annie123

Thank you both
should I try a cleaning tape? after i have left it to dry out of course

randomtask_2

I'm under the impression cleaning tapes are designed to remove dust from the read head, not sure that's necessary in your case.

I forgot, you may want to get some distilled water to use with the cotton buds - it might help remove any stickiness the lemonade may leave behind.

annie123

thanks, distilled water it is then.

annie123

Cant find distilled water. What sort of shop shold I look in plase?

amonra

Try Halfords.
If it were mine, I would try pouring warm distilled water over the mechanism, THEN putting it into the airing cupboard for a week to dry out thoroughly.
Unless you get rid of the sticky/sugary dregs left in the mechanism, it will never work properly. You have to get the thing clean !

foreversomeday

Agreed, the water in the lemonade won't be the problem, it'll be the sugar. Take the battery out first before you try any washing as shorting out the battery (connecting the two points with water) can be dangerous.

annie123

amonra wrote: »

pouring warm distilled water over the mechanism, !

that's scary:eek:
But it seems several of you think thats its the thing to do, I will stop at halfords on my way home tonight.

Will start with the cotton bud idea, the see how brave I feel after!

And will not put battery back in untill all dry.

Thanks