Any tips on doing it in the car? I'm not having much luck getting into the fuse holders with brushes or sandpaper.
I used this on my Winter beater. I was a little skeptical at first, but it worked well with no negative effects. Purchased from my local auto parts store.
Get a can of aerosol electrical cleaner at your local auto parts. Be sure and disconnect your battery first and wear eye protection. Dry it quicker with a can of air like you clean your computer key board with.
It's not in bad condition. my Trac phone doesn't do pics. I've rewired a couple cars so it's not that I can't . I wondered about spray's, I'll get something. Thanks
I use old tooth brushes or a 1/2" paint brush with it cut off to 1/2" brush length. I like those cans of air for cleaning computer keyboards while brushing
Make sure that what ever spray you use is not harmfull to plastics. Many of the contact cleaners are harmfull to plastics. Oldmics
Electronics cleaner have largely been defanged, and while leave no residue won't always be effective on the type of crud that builds up in an automotive environment. Some of it will damage plastic. Believe it or not it's hard to improve on kerosene or WD40 for this purpose. It has enough solvent action and won't hurt anything. The 50/50 mix of ATF and Acetone should be even better. Careful around plastics, though. NO-OX is excellent at keeping corrosion at bay.
Get yourself a small br*** brush, take all the fuses out and scrub the fuse holders with the br*** brush and the cleaner talked about in previous posts. Never had just the cleaner do much by it's self.
Just made this recommendation on another thread. For cleaning things like electrical contacts you might want to pick up a can of DeOxit 5 cleaner. https://www.swee****er.com/store/detail/DeoxIT This stuff is practically a miracle in an aerosol can. Not cheap, but a little goes a long way. Safe for use on plastic too! Might have it at your local electrical supply house or musical instrument dealer. Or order online, of course.
Your local gun shop (or even WalMart) has quite an ***ortment of br*** and nylon brushes used to clean guns - disconnect the battery first, and use the one that seems to fit best. The shortest threaded handle from a pistol cleaning kit works fine. I've got a couple gun cleaning kits here in the shop I use for cleaning threaded holes, etc.
I highly recommend fibergl*** brushes for cleaning electrical connectors (can be hard to use in very tight spots). https://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Brush-Fibergl***-Colors-vary/dp/B0019V18D2 Be careful though - those tiny fibergl*** strands are nasty. You don't won't them in your eyes etc.
...if your fuse panel is very corroded, the corrosion may have crept back into the wiring which is almost impossible to clean,..just a thot.
After cleaning put fuses back in with a coating of Kopr-Sheild and have more contact area for better conductivity and not have to clean for probably not ever again..
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