How to clean cartridges, just a verification

[RCBH928]

can u dilute the alcohol in water and use that?
if you think the alcohol is too strong...

[Hatta]

No, water doesn't evaporate quite as readily as alcohol does. It's conductive so it can cause glitches if it doesn't fully evaporate, and it promotes corrosion. If you use alcohol, use the highest concentration you can get. If you're worried about damage to the shell, remove it first.

Electrical contact cleaner usually contains some very light (possibly halogenated) hydrocarbons which work better at removing any non-polar crud that may be on the pins. Usually you can find the Material Data Safety Sheets (MSDS) or a product which will tell you what's in it.

[Gnashvar]

Just to make it a bit clear. The best eraser to clean contacts would be one of those soft white vinyl erasers?

Also, are ink erasers to abrasive or could you use them in tough jobs?

[Hobie-wan]

Just to make it a bit clear. The best eraser to clean contacts would be one of those soft white vinyl erasers?

Also, are ink erasers to abrasive or could you use them in tough jobs?

I use a white vinyl eraser, yes. Don't those ink erasers have a little bit of sand in them? I suppose it could be used as a last resort like some fine sandpaper. I Used some sandpaper on a really bad cart once and it worked, but I had to be careful to not overdo it and the pins looked like crap after. The green scrubby sponge I used did the job without making it look terrible.

[RCBH928]

can we have a thread about whats the best way to clean controllers
i bought a few and they were damn dirty

i used tooth picks to clear out as much gunk as i can, then I used a cotton
and wiped it with alcohol couple of times , but i don't know if I can do more than that.

[Hobie-wan]

can we have a thread about whats the best way to clean controllers
i bought a few and they were damn dirty

i used tooth picks to clear out as much gunk as i can, then I used a cotton
and wiped it with alcohol couple of times , but i don't know if I can do more than that.

I've thought about making a guide. Perhaps I'll have some time next time I have one to clean.

[ChuChu Flamingo]

Rubbing alcohol+toothbrush works real well for me. For stubborn dirt and minor scratches mr clean magic eraser helps. That is how I do consoles as well, but you have to be careful depending on the console(don't do on platinum gamecube for example). I then put WD-40 on a cloth and shine the systems up. Hope this helps you.

[Hobie-wan]

I then put WD-40 on a cloth and shine the systems up. Hope this helps you.

That's going to help dust stick with the film of oil left behind.

[3GenGames]

I'm going to pass along the best way to clean games. Get a cloth, half wet, half dry, and on the dry end, put a small third of a penny size of Wieman's Cook Top Range Cleaner on it, Rub it on both sides, go back and rub the connector a bit both sides, and it'll be brand new. I can say after trying to find the same thing before cleaning over 400 games, it's 100% the best method. Does very little to no damage to the connector. It's the best way, IMO.


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400+ games, including a Flintstones 2. Best. Stuff. Ever. Take it from me. For $4, the bottle will clean over 1000 NES games. Probably 4000 Atari 2600 games, but who cleans those? XD

[ChuChu Flamingo]

I then put WD-40 on a cloth and shine the systems up. Hope this helps you.

That's going to help dust stick with the film of oil left behind.

I forgot to mention that I only do this to systems, not controllers my bad. For the systems I use a cloth and get the excess off after letting it stay on there for a bit. It actually absorbs into the plastic and returns the luster, which can become dull after scrubbing. I have used it on original xbox, Toaster NES, SNES, black Nintendo 64, Model one genesis, black saturn, and dreamcast.

I only do it once to any given system and after that, when dust gets on I wipe with a rag and water. Makes the system look great. Mine does not have any oil residue but I see what you mean if you don't wipe it off.