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Old hard drive platters make wonderfully good drinks coasters - they look dead smart and expensive and you've stopped people reading your old data into the bargain.

Have you taped all your remotes together, peep-show-style? Have you wired your doorbell to the toilet? What enterprising DIY have you done with technology?

Extra points for using sellotape rather than solder.

(, Thu 20 Aug 2009, 12:30)
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Water is best.
WD40 will find it really hard to get into some of the crevices.

Many of the gaps between todays electronics are under .2mm - with water, the dirty mixes with the clean and carries the dirt away.

With WD40 - you get pockets of dirty water remaining.

Try cleaning your washing up with wd40 as a test.

50:50 alcohol water is even better than water - as it dries much easier - but is harder to obtain.
(, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 19:12, 1 reply)
I've found WD-40 is a pretty decent contact/switch cleaner,
though.
(, Wed 26 Aug 2009, 19:41, closed)

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