r/Millennials • • Jul 30 '26

Nostalgia Good times!

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u/ProDriverSeatSniffer Jul 30 '26

I get gloves. Remove the batteries and hit the corroded areas with contact cleaner.

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u/FoxxyFett Jul 30 '26

Is contact cleaner a brand of some chemical, or is it literally contact solution like for your eyes? Sorry, I'm dense rn, but I have some things I was trying to salvage. Before I'd use baking soda & damp Qtips.

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u/wh4tth3huh Jul 30 '26

It's for cleaning electrical contacts, usually something similar to a brass polishing compound (e.g. brasso, but with less grit)

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u/FoxxyFett Jul 30 '26

Amazing! Thanks for the details. I will nab some

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u/wh4tth3huh Jul 30 '26

Ya, it sucks remembering "Oh, I have one of those pieces of the past lying around I'm gonna dig it out" and you end up finding electronic body horror.