I got a game brought in to get going, a GOTTLIEB KING KOOL.. its been sitting in a barn for god knows how long and the rats and possums have decided its a nice place to visit in winter. The thing is filthy inside and absolutely stinks of possum and rat piss... smell is like wet cigars.. it bites into your nose.
Ive vacuumed it out but the inside relays all need cleaning as they have grime and urine all over them.
To do this, I could manually lift each one out and clean, but its time consuming and in all honesty, I don't want to handle the grime too much. So what I did was once again get my trusty steam cleaner out and give them all a blast. Steam has a temp of at least 100C and pretty much kills most germs on contact.
Anyway heres a video of how well the steam cleaner cleans the contacts... its a job that only takes a few minutes..
http://s488.photobucket.com/user/retropin/media/IMG_1166_zpsa578e1ef.mp4.htmlOnce this part is done, I used a garden type hand spray that has neat Methylated Spirits in it... meths also kills germs, evaporates very quickly and disperses water ( what a great product!)... I liberally sprayed the whole of the inside of the cabinet, starting under the relay board and then lowered it and then ALL relays, contacts etc.
Then I gave it a quick blast with the steam cleaner again to super heat the meths and really destroy any bugs and lift dirt.
Bottom relay board came up a treat and the whole thing was done in about 20 mins and perfectly dry in the amount of time it took me to warm up the soldering iron and attach a new mains lead inside.
Great tip for all those dirty filthy games we tend to pick up
