Re: "Do not use solvents on electronic equipment"


Robert Baer wrote:
Sammy wrote:

Many instruction booklets for domestic electronic equipment say do
not use cleaning solvents such as alcohol.

Is this advice given simply because they are trying to prevent
possible marking of the plastic casing?

Or can domestic cleaning solvents actually damage the electronics
inside in some way?
Alcohol is not considered a "solvent" for any plastics, metals or
epoxies used in electronics.
It makes for a fair cleaner to remove grease and oils..

The strongest solvent I ever came across here was MEK (methyl ethyl
ketone if I recall correctly). Smells very much like chloroform.

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