renewing the spring in my flashlight after the battery leaks.

From: meirman (meirman_at_invalid.com)
Date: 10/27/04 

Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 23:25:18 -0400

Renewing the spring in my flashlight after the battery leaks.

Is there a fairly easily available chemical or method of getting the
spring at the bottom of a flashlight back into working order after the
batteries leak and corrode the spring?

Light damage I have scraped off, but other times, I've thrown away
some flashlights, but now someone gave me one that I would really like
to work.

Sometimes I use alkaline batteries, and sometime "flashlight"
batteries**. The corrosion looks the same, but I guess it's not.

Maybe there is even a chemical under the kitchen sink that would work.

**That way, if by mistake I leave the light on for days, I don't waste
so much money.

Thanks

Meirman

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