In article ,
Bill Turner wrote:
On 27 Dec 2003 19:54:36 GMT, (Fred McKenzie) wrote:
Ordinary rubbing alcohol has 70% alcohol and 30% water in it. If you search,
some drug stores carry 90% isopropyl rubbing alcohol.
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This stuff is getting pretty rare, but it would be preferable if you can
find it. I used to see 99% isopropyl alcohol but haven't found any for
years. I keep looking, though.
Rubbing alchohol contains goodies like lanoline or aloe which leaves a
residue. Most of the time it doen't matter, unless, of course you are
looking for high reliability. My local electronics store carries the
electronics grade of isopropanol.
What is weird about the electronics store is that it no longer carries
semiconductors except for LEDs, diodes and selected transistors. They
dropped the line as they said it was not selling and it had a huge
inventory cost. And this outfit is very busy as it sells to installers.
I think their biggest seller is cat-5 cable followed by the hardware
that goes with it. The repairmen have gone the way of the buggy whip
makers.
Al
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