cleaning the boards

[Mike Morris WA6ILQ]

When I worked at NASA/JPL we used to be able to get quarts of  200
proof cleaning alcohol from Electronic Stores... complete with a Seagrams
label and a tax stamp.  but I digress...

I used to make my own 200 proof by shaving dry ice into everclear then
pouring off the alcohol into another bottle (I used a vodka flask) and
leaving behind the slush.  Worked fine...

BTW I agree on the hummingbirds - mold can kill 'em...  The L.A. County
Aborteum a few blocks from my house is full of them  - I got one real
good picture one day -check out
http://www.cogent.net/~morris/pictures.htm


At 12:19 PM 12/15/99 , you wrote:
> >I am pretty sure that "Everclear" which is available at your local
> >liquor store, is pure 200 proof alcohol. The last government contractor
>
>Actually it's 190, (95%) I believe. I use it periodically to disinfect
>my humming bird feeders too. You're supposed to clean them throughly
>as mold/etc tends to accumulate which may be toxic to the little
>critters, but you can't use drugstore akly as it's poisonious. So
>I just started using it from the liquor store.
>
>On the other hand, the *do* look at me kind of strangely when
>I tell 'em it's for my hummingbirds. However, it might make 'em
>drunk if I don't get it completely rinsed out, but it won't kill 'em.
>
>73's de WB5KXH
>
>--Bob Wier
>
>wier at calcite.rocky.edu
>
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