the second you started rubbing that lubrication on there… In my mind I was thinking a really stiff bristle brush, or even a brass or steel wire brush. Great minds think alike! That’s exactly what I was thinking when you said that. I buy those cheap cleaning brush kits off of eBay. They have a black or really dark green handle, and they are double ended. One fat regular sized end… And the other end is really skinny. $2-3 for pack of 3. Comes with one bronze, one stainless, and one nylon. They sure come in handy! I keep a set in my “lab in a box“. Portable repair kit that allows me to do almost everything I would ever need to. Also keep a few of those little metal handled disposable paintbrushes. I think they call them “fluX brushes“ because plumbers used them when soldering for their flux. I keep one regular, one with heat shrink tubing wrapped around half of the bristles… Which makes it a bit stiffer. And the last one has heat shrink tubing covering 90% of the bristles… Which makes it the most stiff. Also a few of those dirt cheap disposable paintbrushes. I think they call them “chip brushes“ I keep a 1 and 2 inch. And the only other brush I use is a long handled dish scrubbing brush. I think it’s made by dawn or Scotchgard. You can get them at the dollar general for about three or four dollars. White handle with blue bristles about 18 inches long. With a little small brush head on the end of it, it’s made with that long handle extension and a little brush head… to get inside and scrub hard to reach pots and pans or deep containers. Bought it three years ago, and have absolutely abused it almost every day since then. not only am I hard on it, pushing it down vertical and jamming/crumbling the bristles hard as hell smashing it into those difficult to reach areas of electronics and enclosures… if that’s not the only thing I do to abuse my brushes… I also use it with extremely strong degreasers. And it’s still perfect. You should pick one up at the dollar store, you can even use it dry… It does a wonderful job and saves a lot of time. Since I wash almost all the boards I work on I go through a lot of degreaser. Best one in the world is sold at Dollar General, and it’s called “totally awesome“. It’s piss yellow in color… And comes in a clear spray bottle for a dollar, or you can get a gallon jug for three dollars. It’s so strong it puts purple power to shame. About 10 times stronger. You’re really supposed to cut it with mostly water. There’s a chart on the back that gives you the percentages for different types of job. It’s meant to be a concentrate. But I use it straight. If you were to wash your car with it without cutting it with 90% water… The paint would just fall off your car 😂 it’s made as a concentrate, but I don’t dilute it. But The skin will peel right off of you… It doesn’t hurt or anything but if you have it on your hands a few hours a day several days per week… Your hands and feet will always be peeling 😂. After all…. that slippery feeling when you’re using a degreaser… And rub your fingers together… That’s actually the chemical dissolving the fats in your skin and eating it 😂 if I can’t get something clean with all of that stuff… then I’m in trouble Only other thing I carry for cleaning is My squeeze bottle full of 99% alcohol, it has a thin 90° spout, with no lid or anything. You just pick it up, aim it and squeeze the bottle. The pressure helps wash things away, but you don’t have to worry about the alcohol alcohol operating because of the 90° tip. And my favorite tool for cleaning is compressed air… But I don’t carry cans of air or a portable compressor… I bought one of those electric inflator‘s used to blow up air mattresses and inner tubes. It’s made by Ryobi and s pretty cheap… And puts out as much air as a leaf blower but in a little bitty tube. So it’s enough to blow off electronics. They actually sell specialty electric duster’s for cleaning electronics like keyboards and graphics cards… They’re about 70 bucks on Amazon and they’re really great. But the riobi is almost as good. Yep you’re exactly right in this video about the dryer. they would tell her she needs a new seal and probably for good measure they would tell her she needs a new circuit board too 😂 Crazy the things they tell people so that they can swap parts. I’ve had many friends who were in the appliance and HVAC repair business, and they all told me the same thing. They’re not trained to fix things… They’re trained to sell replacement parts. And swap a few screws. That’s it.
The very last paragraph you wrote is beyond true. It makes me wonder why people would get into the field knowing nothing, but employers like blank slates. I was told once that I was un-hirable because my resume was too extensive and that I wouldn't be happy(no but at least I wont be hungry, jerk). It was somewhere dumb too. Ive recently been put out of good work till October but now I have time to work on me and my certs. ATM I'm studying for CompTIA then back to my EPA 608 so I can do HVAC work. I want the TIA so I can get a stable career if I so choose and programming too wherever & however applicable. All I want is to fund my projects and use them to teach. Doing line work would be cool. You're right though, IDK what it is with techs but they love replacing circuit boards. No troubleshooting skills what-so-ever. I like your Idea about the mattress infiltrator. I like a vacuum and paintbrush for electronics but there are always times where I just need lots of forced air. I do have a loud small air compressor tho. So loud. But yeah I re watched this vid a bit to get a handle on what you were talking about, expecting me to pull out a brush but instead used a fking capacitor. You can never have enough brushes. I usually have plenty but they've all gone into my plumbing box that I didn't have with me. My favorite brush is the hard combs for cleaning the condenser fins on HVAC. Highly alkaline cleaning solutions are great fun when your skin is not sloughing off into solution. freaky.
@@Wtfinc I just discovered those HVAC brushes you’re talking about… It was just a few weeks ago. Was repairing a window unit for a family member that had a lot of bent fins, and after googling saw the brushes meant to clean and straighten the fins on the condenser. Didn’t have time to order one so I improvised with a very similar shaped dog comb, and one of those cheap plastic flea combs. I used to love my large shopvac for dusting and cleaning circuit boards, but they build up a lot of static electricity because of the air movement, which has been the only times I ever actually fried a board because of ESD. Other than that I’ve worked on thousands of extremely sensitive boards without a grounding strap…. And with in with my feet scuffing on carpet… And I’ve never fried a single thing. The warnings and advertisements against the dangers of ESD are way over blown. I’ve actually tried on several instances to fry things… And static discharge has never been an issue except with the shop vac. I was so worried I Even invested in one of those ESD sensing meters… That can detect the slightest electrostatic buildup. that was pretty darn expensive, couple hundred dollars I found that unless deliberately trying… It’s extremely difficult to build up ESD and transfer it to a board. Especially if the board isn’t plugged into the wall. Still have that dang expensive device in here somewhere, it’s pretty interesting to play with and see what actions build up different static charges in your day-to-day life. But other than that, It’s worthless unless working on the Mars rover or something at NASA
the second you started rubbing that lubrication on there… In my mind I was thinking a really stiff bristle brush, or even a brass or steel wire brush.
Great minds think alike! That’s exactly what I was thinking when you said that.
I buy those cheap cleaning brush kits off of eBay. They have a black or really dark green handle, and they are double ended. One fat regular sized end… And the other end is really skinny. $2-3 for pack of 3. Comes with one bronze, one stainless, and one nylon. They sure come in handy!
I keep a set in my “lab in a box“. Portable repair kit that allows me to do almost everything I would ever need to.
Also keep a few of those little metal handled disposable paintbrushes. I think they call them “fluX brushes“ because plumbers used them when soldering for their flux. I keep one regular, one with heat shrink tubing wrapped around half of the bristles… Which makes it a bit stiffer. And the last one has heat shrink tubing covering 90% of the bristles… Which makes it the most stiff. Also a few of those dirt cheap disposable paintbrushes. I think they call them “chip brushes“ I keep a 1 and 2 inch.
And the only other brush I use is a long handled dish scrubbing brush. I think it’s made by dawn or Scotchgard. You can get them at the dollar general for about three or four dollars. White handle with blue bristles about 18 inches long. With a little small brush head on the end of it, it’s made with that long handle extension and a little brush head… to get inside and scrub hard to reach pots and pans or deep containers. Bought it three years ago, and have absolutely abused it almost every day since then. not only am I hard on it, pushing it down vertical and jamming/crumbling the bristles hard as hell smashing it into those difficult to reach areas of electronics and enclosures… if that’s not the only thing I do to abuse my brushes… I also use it with extremely strong degreasers. And it’s still perfect. You should pick one up at the dollar store, you can even use it dry… It does a wonderful job and saves a lot of time.
Since I wash almost all the boards I work on I go through a lot of degreaser. Best one in the world is sold at Dollar General, and it’s called “totally awesome“. It’s piss yellow in color… And comes in a clear spray bottle for a dollar, or you can get a gallon jug for three dollars.
It’s so strong it puts purple power to shame. About 10 times stronger. You’re really supposed to cut it with mostly water. There’s a chart on the back that gives you the percentages for different types of job. It’s meant to be a concentrate. But I use it straight.
If you were to wash your car with it without cutting it with 90% water… The paint would just fall off your car 😂
it’s made as a concentrate, but I don’t dilute it. But The skin will peel right off of you… It doesn’t hurt or anything but if you have it on your hands a few hours a day several days per week… Your hands and feet will always be peeling 😂. After all…. that slippery feeling when you’re using a degreaser… And rub your fingers together… That’s actually the chemical dissolving the fats in your skin and eating it 😂
if I can’t get something clean with all of that stuff… then I’m in trouble
Only other thing I carry for cleaning is My squeeze bottle full of 99% alcohol, it has a thin 90° spout, with no lid or anything. You just pick it up, aim it and squeeze the bottle. The pressure helps wash things away, but you don’t have to worry about the alcohol alcohol operating because of the 90° tip.
And my favorite tool for cleaning is compressed air…
But I don’t carry cans of air or a portable compressor… I bought one of those electric inflator‘s used to blow up air mattresses and inner tubes. It’s made by Ryobi and s pretty cheap… And puts out as much air as a leaf blower but in a little bitty tube. So it’s enough to blow off electronics.
They actually sell specialty electric duster’s for cleaning electronics like keyboards and graphics cards… They’re about 70 bucks on Amazon and they’re really great. But the riobi is almost as good.
Yep you’re exactly right in this video about the dryer. they would tell her she needs a new seal and probably for good measure they would tell her she needs a new circuit board too 😂
Crazy the things they tell people so that they can swap parts. I’ve had many friends who were in the appliance and HVAC repair business, and they all told me the same thing. They’re not trained to fix things… They’re trained to sell replacement parts. And swap a few screws. That’s it.
The very last paragraph you wrote is beyond true. It makes me wonder why people would get into the field knowing nothing, but employers like blank slates. I was told once that I was un-hirable because my resume was too extensive and that I wouldn't be happy(no but at least I wont be hungry, jerk). It was somewhere dumb too. Ive recently been put out of good work till October but now I have time to work on me and my certs. ATM I'm studying for CompTIA then back to my EPA 608 so I can do HVAC work. I want the TIA so I can get a stable career if I so choose and programming too wherever & however applicable. All I want is to fund my projects and use them to teach. Doing line work would be cool.
You're right though, IDK what it is with techs but they love replacing circuit boards. No troubleshooting skills what-so-ever.
I like your Idea about the mattress infiltrator. I like a vacuum and paintbrush for electronics but there are always times where I just need lots of forced air. I do have a loud small air compressor tho. So loud.
But yeah I re watched this vid a bit to get a handle on what you were talking about, expecting me to pull out a brush but instead used a fking capacitor. You can never have enough brushes. I usually have plenty but they've all gone into my plumbing box that I didn't have with me. My favorite brush is the hard combs for cleaning the condenser fins on HVAC.
Highly alkaline cleaning solutions are great fun when your skin is not sloughing off into solution. freaky.
@@Wtfinc I just discovered those HVAC brushes you’re talking about… It was just a few weeks ago. Was repairing a window unit for a family member that had a lot of bent fins, and after googling saw the brushes meant to clean and straighten the fins on the condenser.
Didn’t have time to order one so I improvised with a very similar shaped dog comb, and one of those cheap plastic flea combs.
I used to love my large shopvac for dusting and cleaning circuit boards, but they build up a lot of static electricity because of the air movement, which has been the only times I ever actually fried a board because of ESD.
Other than that I’ve worked on thousands of extremely sensitive boards without a grounding strap…. And with in with my feet scuffing on carpet… And I’ve never fried a single thing.
The warnings and advertisements against the dangers of ESD are way over blown. I’ve actually tried on several instances to fry things… And static discharge has never been an issue except with the shop vac.
I was so worried I Even invested in one of those ESD sensing meters… That can detect the slightest electrostatic buildup. that was pretty darn expensive, couple hundred dollars
I found that unless deliberately trying… It’s extremely difficult to build up ESD and transfer it to a board. Especially if the board isn’t plugged into the wall.
Still have that dang expensive device in here somewhere, it’s pretty interesting to play with and see what actions build up different static charges in your day-to-day life.
But other than that, It’s worthless unless working on the Mars rover or something at NASA