is there something out there to use to clean say marker or other type of writing off housing that won't turn the plastic white? in the past I tried googone, windex, and nail acetone (that did the most damage). I was thinking simple green or.... ideas?
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Chemical to clean Motorola XTS housing?
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Simple Green works well. You can dilute it and it still work's pretty well.
Probably won't take marker off, though.
What I've found that works really well on plastics is denatured alcohol. You can pick it up at just about any hardware store and it's taken marker, including sharpie, off everything I've ever tried it on. Won't hurt plastics.
Use a tooth brush with the simple green to get the crud out of the crevices. Follow up with some Armor-All on a rag to shine it back up.
Probably won't take marker off, though.
What I've found that works really well on plastics is denatured alcohol. You can pick it up at just about any hardware store and it's taken marker, including sharpie, off everything I've ever tried it on. Won't hurt plastics.
Use a tooth brush with the simple green to get the crud out of the crevices. Follow up with some Armor-All on a rag to shine it back up.
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Googone works for me. Even on the HD yellow marker they use at the junk yards. It might take a few minutes of rubbing, but it gets rid of everything with no damage to the plastic. I then use windex to clean that off.
Most commonly, I use alcohol. The 70% isopropyl, which most people have in their homes, works but the technical grade is better.
Simple Green did a good job at stripping off an aluminum backplane, including my wanted marker lines.
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Simple Green did a good job at stripping off an aluminum backplane, including my wanted marker lines.
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You know, we spent a while experimenting with this at one of the radio shops we contract for, and we actually found a Zep all purpose cleaner/degreaser spray that did a ridiculously good job getting the soot off of the yellow housings without destroying anything. If it's of interest, I can call over there tomorrow and see exactly what model spray it was.
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Was it the purple stuff? If so, it works well on many things, but works better when you follow the dilution directions.
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Zep Fast 505 Cleaner/Degreaser combined with a fairly hard-bristled plastic version of a wirebrush. Worked wonders on getting the baked-on soot and grime off, didn't scratch anything, but take gentle care around the display window to avoid any micro-scratches.
We've cleaned about 50 with it, and it's been lovely.
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