Cleaning and storing your cartridges (methods, etc.)

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e_brugal:
Someone talk about using armor all in controllers in another thread, but I use them too in cartridge after a good cleaning, well is not armor all brand but is the same but it comes with silicone added and stay longer than armor all

Pepe_el_mago:
So wd40 is not recommended? What says wiggy the cleaning guru?

Ozzy_98:
The problems with WD40 are a few. First, its actually a kind of harsh cleaner, and can eat into small contacts. If you've already sanded them down, you'll risk holes in them. It'll also eat at the PCB, and make a mess.

There's two other problems though besides it's harshness. One is how it works. It has what amounts to a emulsifiers that allow the water to mix with the oil and run off, that's how it displaces water. Also means you can TRAP water in the oil for a while too, so make sure you dry it first if using it in enclosed areas. If the oil\water mix doesn't run off, you've made things worse.

Biggest issue though is when it dries the oils it leaves behind are gummy. They stay gummy for a long time; anyone who's used WD-40 in the winder to free a switch will tell you how they ruined a switch. In warm, dry air, it's not as bad, but you'll have a gummy dust magnet for a while.

Best way to protect them, dry packs inside cart boxes. Bitboxes would have less air flow than UGC, and will still have room for a drypack in the manual slot.

wiggy:

--- Quote from: Pepe_el_mago on April 04, 2014, 10:58:16 AM ---I was thinking of applying dielectric grease but i read that it is not conductive and abbrassive, meaning that in time it could prevent the signal from reaching the nes...i also read that dielectric grease attracts dust and that could also blur the signal..,i was thinking puttin my games in a close place (closet) with products that resuce humidity, what do you think?

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You don't want something that is actually conductive, only that promotes conductivity otherwise you'll end up with short circuits. Dielectric grease promotes conductivity.

Of course it attracts dust. Anything in a liquid-like state will :P But the simple solution is to keep it away from dust ;)

I would use it, in your situation, as a means by which to more safely store them. If it's a game that you play very frequently (like more than twice a month), then I would just make sure to keep it clean and dry. I suggested the grease as more of a long-term storage solution. I would clean the cart with isopropyl before use after long-term storage, then reapply the grease before putting back into storage. Sure, it seems like a lot of work, but you should see the trouble people go through in order to keep their record collections in tip-top shape. Makes this look like nothing. I'm sure Larry can chime in on this one as well :)

Pepe_el_mago:
what about WD40? will it protect thecartridges?

I was thinking just leaving the games as they are, protected inside the boxes and storing them with a little silica bag inside each box. Willl that be enough to prevent corrotion?

And do you think rust and corroton are contagious? If i put a corroded game in my system and then a clean one, will it pass to the clean one?
thank you!

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