Cleaning? How Do You Do?

[wiggy]

Not on the SNES but on a bunch of GB and GBA systems as well as a Wonderswan color.  There are pics of be Swan in my thread and I think on my site too. Worked really well.

[Rx_79]

I might give it a shot, I hate my SNES looking like someone pissed all over it.

[KMSoulja]

What kind of cloth does everybody here use to scrub contacts with?

[wiggy]

Old T-shirts.

[Head of Desserts]

I might give it a shot, I hate my SNES looking like someone pissed all over it.

I scoured the entire earth to find a non-pissed SNES and I found one in the deepest darkest depths of the land.

[wiggy]

I somehow manage to have 3 that are really white still. Of course I've got 4 or 5 others that are dooky :/

[BenG76]

Just wanted to second using Weiman's cleaner. Its made for those smooth top ranges. It non abrasive if I remember quickly. I take apart most cart games where its possible and use this on the contacts then do a wipe down with alcohol when I am done. This stuff works like a charm. I use it with cotton swabs but you could use any old cloth I assume as well.

[Head of Desserts]

Do you guys know how to get rid of the resurfacing compound residue in the middle of a disc without damaging the disc further?

[KMSoulja]

Does anybody here think that 91% isopropyl alcohol dries up and damages the plastic on game cartridges?

[FritzWhite]

Does anybody here think that 91% isopropyl alcohol dries up and damages the plastic on game cartridges?

I don't know, I just stick with goo gone and/or I follow the advice from this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iZyxFN1QpI

[FFXIK]

Does anybody here think that 91% isopropyl alcohol dries up and damages the plastic on game cartridges?

Been using 91% for a while and I have yet to have any problems with it. 

[wiggy]

Do you guys know how to get rid of the resurfacing compound residue in the middle of a disc without damaging the disc further?

Warm water.

[BadChad]

I have a pawn shop not too far from me that resurfaces all of their disc based games before they sell them. Most of the time they have that residue left behind in the center ring. You dont even need to use water. One wipe with my finger around the ring and it always comes right off for me.

[wiggy]

So, in light of he recent concern over the use of Brasso, I've been experimenting with other things. What I've found that works quite excellently is Tarn-X. So far I've used I to clean a few rather corroded carts that were in my junk/trade/donor cart bins with no side effect of any sort. It also requires nearly zero effort to be effective. Dip Q-tip, wipe contacts gently, corrosion literally dissolves, but good contact material remains.

I wanna give a more thorough testing before I wholeheartedly recommend it, but initial results seem very promising.

[FritzWhite]

So, in light of he recent concern over the use of Brasso, I've been experimenting with other things. What I've found that works quite excellently is Tarn-X. So far I've used I to clean a few rather corroded carts that were in my junk/trade/donor cart bins with no side effect of any sort. It also requires nearly zero effort to be effective. Dip Q-tip, wipe contacts gently, corrosion literally dissolves, but good contact material remains.

I wanna give a more thorough testing before I wholeheartedly recommend it, but initial results seem very promising.

This is just for the metal contacts, right? You don't use this on the plastic? I've had good luck so far with WD-40 for cleaning contacts.