Useing Zippo Lighter Fluid to clean a circuit board?

[CurrentlySober]

GFYs NOT the best place to ask, I know... But I'm sure some of you will know this...

Can I ?

Drink got spilt inside a remote control. The sticky stuff of the case, and rubber pad, has been cleaned with good old soap and water, and is fresh clean and drying nicely...

When it comes to the sticky stuff on the board people say use pure alcohol / methalted spirit / WD40 etc...

But I dont have any of those, so would Zippo Fluid do the same job?

[BladeZ]

Zippo fluid is to greasy.Just buy a little bottle of pure alcohol.

[AllAboutCams]

methalted spirit or circuit board cleaner i think thats the same are carby cleaner both have no oil (dont use wd40)

[CurrentlySober]

Just buy a little bottle of pure alcohol.

Problem is that I'd probably end up drinking it before I got home from the shop...

[BIGTYMER]

Nice new avatar man.

[CurrentlySober]

Nice new avatar man.

I cant afford to eat...

[roly]

you want isopropyl alcohol you can get it from a chemist if you need quickly, if not ebay.

[CurrentlySober]

Actually, in all seriousness, I just tried it, and it appeard to work a treat !

Gotta put the thing back together later to see if its good, but all the sticky shit (I like sticky shit...) Came off straight away, and then the fluid stuff just dissolved off the board...

Kewl Beans !

[rogueteens]

Zippo lighter fluid is bacially something the Yanks call "naphtha" i believe. The guitar builder guys use it all the time to clean the guitars down so i dont see any problem with using it on a remote control. just make sure its really dry, you dont want the batteries to cause a spark or anything!

[alias]

Yeah it is naptha.

[Barry-xlovecam]

Use a dielectric solvent made for electronics -- an auto parts store would have it.
As an alternative; use dry and clean compressed air.