How to perfectly clean wires in minutes

[mcp6453[_2_]]

Is this technique a good one?

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-perfectly-clean-wires-in-minutes/

I have a lot of old male XLR connectors with dirty pins that I'd like to clean.

[Mike Rivers[_2_]]

On 7/16/2017 4:16 PM, mcp6453 wrote:

> http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-perfectly-clean-wires-in-minutes/
> I have a lot of old male XLR connectors with dirty pins that I'd like to clean.
If it works at all, it's probably fine for solid wire - off a spool or
a pre-cut piece, but unless you un-twist stranded wire and treat it like
a bundle of solid wires, I wouldn't trust that you would get all of the
acid neutralized. And also, it would be a good idea to not dip an
insulated wire into the juice up to the insulation. You don't want any
of the acid to wick up into the insulation and not get neutralized.
Also, I would wash off the baking soda solution with plain water.

As far as XLR connector pins, I suppose if you took the shell out of the
insert and dipped the male pins into the juice about 3/4 of the way up,
it would be OK as long as you were careful with clean-up. I wouldn't
trust it with female pins (is that a misnomer?) thought. You probably
couldn't clean them up thoroughly without at least a syringe to squirt
water up into the pins, and compressed air and a warm air blower to dry
them thoroughly.



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[Scott Dorsey]

In article >,
mcp6453 > wrote:
>Is this technique a good one?
>
>http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-perfectly-clean-wires-in-minutes/
>
>I have a lot of old male XLR connectors with dirty pins that I'd like to clean.

The vinegar and salt trick works well, BUT you have to make sure you get
all of the vinegar and salt off completely or it will cause worse corrosion
in the long run. I wouldn't do it on XLR connectors or anything else with
a lot of fiddly bits.

Good XLR connectors, though, will be silver plated and the black stuff is
conductive and shouldn't be a problem. If it is, a squirt of Deoxit (which
is a much more mild acid) and a q-tip will clean it up. If you are really
worried about it, you could use Tarn-X which aqueous and a little more acid,
and will deal with really crusty stuff.

The cheap asian ones may not be silver plated, though, and mostly should just
be discarded.
--scott
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On Sunday, July 16, 2017 at 4:16:57 PM UTC-4, mcp6453 wrote:
> Is this technique a good one?
>
> http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-perfectly-clean-wires-in-minutes/
>
> I have a lot of old male XLR connectors with dirty pins that I'd like to clean.

Use Tarn-x :-)

Jacvk

[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 7/18/2017 10:22 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:

> Good XLR connectors, though, will be silver plated and the black stuff is
> conductive and shouldn't be a problem. If it is, a squirt of Deoxit (which
> is a much more mild acid) and a q-tip will clean it up. If you are really
> worried about it, you could use Tarn-X which aqueous and a little more acid,
> and will deal with really crusty stuff.

They're Switchcraft, but they're very old. I think I'll try Tarn-X. It seems like I may have done that once before.

Cramolin did a great job cleaning these things. Deoxit is not as impressive. I guess the Freon mattered.