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Cleaning and storing your cartridges (methods, etc.)
wiggy:
They can contain corrosive acids (non-archival) and don't do a very good job of preventing moisture from reaching you games.
Pepe_el_mago:
I use black cardstock to line the walls of the case, and i make a "dust cover" made of blue cardstock for my games, to protect the pins from dust. I would like to know if this is dangerous. And what about the removal of gold plating? did I screw up? I would like to upload photos of this but I don't know how (file too big).
Please help me, thanks a lot!
kingjohn3:
here's a dumb question...would putting a clear tape over the end keep air out enough? not on the contacts themselves but I was thinking clean contacts, let them dry if needed and then put tape over the opening. Oooor do I not know enough about electronics? There's always that
e_brugal:
i use brasso to clean my contacts too, but i never clean them so hard to remove the gold layer. when the dirt is out clean any brasso left and then clean again with isopropyl alcohol
wiggy:
--- Quote from: kingjohn3 on March 30, 2014, 08:18:16 PM ---here's a dumb question...would putting a clear tape over the end keep air out enough? not on the contacts themselves but I was thinking clean contacts, let them dry if needed and then put tape over the opening. Oooor do I not know enough about electronics? There's always that
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Yeah, that'll do the job, but I think you'd be better off just casing the carts or buying plastic dust sleeves to be honest.