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Old 20th Jul 2012, 9:51 pm   #31
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Originally Posted by Stockden View Post
In essence, Harry Leeming (who, it must be said, has quite a lot of experience in radio servicing) describes how he discovered that WD-40 will, on occasion, successfully clean contacts that other things won't. He emphasises that it's a cleaner of last resort but one that can save the day.
This has been my experience also. WD40 gets its bad name because clueless people spray huge amounts of it everywhere. Applied very sparingly using a needle dropper or screwdriver blade it is indeed very effective at shifting ancient crud deposits.
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