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Isopropyl Alcohol for Cleaning PCB?

Posted by lrcordell (A) on June 16, 2004 at 08:37:30

I've been using isopropyl alcohol to soften the glue holding the old electrolytic caps to the PCB. RelCap's instructions say that propyl alcohol is safe with their caps, and I've just assumed that it wouldn't damage diodes, resistors, etc. either. Should I be worried that the alcohol might damage the components on the board? I've also used it to clean the flux off of the solder joints.

Thanks,
LRC

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