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Geoffrey S. Mendelson Geoffrey S. Mendelson is offline
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Default how to remove alkaline battery residue

William Sommerwerck wrote:

Ordinary household ammonia on a Q-tip with dissolve it. I usually follow
that with an isopropyl alcohol flush.

Possible problem... Aluminum can be attacked by ammonia and other alkaline
solvents. So, be careful.


Thanks, anything else? Ammonia is restricted here. :-(

Geoff.

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