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Cleaning? How Do You Do?
TrueMetis:
Painting them didn't even occur to me. That's a good idea thanks.
wiggy:
So I've been testing Tarn-X like I said I would and I've gotta say that I'm blown away by its effectiveness without the need for any abrassive material and what seems to be ZERO damage to the metal pins (unlike what I'm hearing about Brasso).
I cleaned an SMB 3 last night that was seriously tarnished. Pins had a ton of black buildup and were really dull. A Q-tip and a few minutes with the Tarn-X and it looks damned near brand new. I'm gonna go ahead and soak the pins of a donor cart in the stuff for a few days to make sure that it doesn't have the ability to eat away at the pins. It does eat through zinc coating (the gold-ish looking coating on SNES and other cart screws) in about 2 seconds, which I found out while trying to use it to clean up some GBA system screws. Takes it down to the bare metal almost instantly.
e_brugal:
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--- Quote from: e_brugal on June 15, 2013, 09:52:58 AM ---I bought Mortal Kombat trilogy for N64 and it has a sticky thing. i clean it up with alcohol and it looks clean but when i grab the cartidge it's still sticky.
How can i get rid of the invisible sticky thing?
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Try using some window cleaner. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then wipe it off. It should get rid of it.
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Thanks Dravenae, it did work, got rid of all that "invisible" sticky thing ;D
Dravenae:
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--- Quote from: Dravenae on June 15, 2013, 12:55:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: e_brugal on June 15, 2013, 09:52:58 AM ---I bought Mortal Kombat trilogy for N64 and it has a sticky thing. i clean it up with alcohol and it looks clean but when i grab the cartidge it's still sticky.
How can i get rid of the invisible sticky thing?
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Try using some window cleaner. Let it sit for 5 to 10 minutes, then wipe it off. It should get rid of it.
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Thanks Dravenae, it did work, got rid of all that "invisible" sticky thing ;D
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Awesome! :)
Dravenae:
Hey guys, just wondering have any of you used the "credit card method" to clean your systems contacts? If any of you don't know what this method is, you take a credit card with out the indentations, put a microfiber towel around the card, soak a little bit of the microfiber towel in alcohol, then insert into cart reader until clean. I've been taking apart my old consoles lately, cleaning them up and such, so I would just like to know any good methods to clean the contacts.
This question seems a bit redundant consider I'm brave enough to complete strip down the consoles, yet I'm too much of a chicken shit to put anything other than a game into the cart reader! For shame. :-[
LOL!
Anyways, let us know if its safe to do so. If any of you have any other suggestions, let yourself be heard!
Thanks in advance guys.