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Moviefan2k4:
Just a possibility, but maybe your steel wool scratched the contacts too deeply.
wiggy:
It doesn't scratch them at all.
Moviefan2k4:
Are you sure about that? I'm only asking because even the best-kept objects will decay over time, and electronic contacts have been especially susceptible to this. Minor scratching doesn't usually cause a problem, but when you mentioned steel wool, I was a little shocked.
wiggy:
1000% sure. I know materials very well, whether they be plastics, metals, composites, etc. It's a big part of what I do.
Hang tight, I just gave some serious love to a Phalanx cart that was pretty ugly, I'll post pics.
wiggy:
The goal isn't to polish the terminals. The goals are removing grease/dirt/debris and oxidization. The steel wool is excellent for removing any grease and other deposits left behind as well as the oxidization.
This cart looked like it took a Pepsi bath at some point in its life. It didn't even want to pop apart. Had a nice bead of Pepsi glue all around the edge to keep it sealed nice and tight.
Ick.
Scuffed label.
Yup, I even have a method for polishing the labels.
You'd be hard pressed to find someone as meticulous and OCD about this sort of thing as I am. I've tried many, MANY cleaning methods over the last 2 decades. Steel wool is the only thing that does exactly what I need it to do without doing anything that I DON'T want it to do such as polish, scuff or scratch, or otherwise erode the terminals.