The Screw In Front Of Paula's House

[danbeaver]

What is it with the lemon juice and isopropyl alcohol?

While the leaked battery paste is potassium hydroxide, it is water soluble as are the corroded metal; if you think that simply washing it away is not good enough and you want to use kitchen ingredients, then why not use acetic acid (white vinegar)? Why exposé the circuits to lemon pulp and all the other junk from a squeezed lemon?  Secondly, the isopropyl alcohol is only 30% water (or 10% using the 90% isoPrOH solution); is this to dissolve grease?  Plain water will dissolve and wash away the corrosion, so the alcohol evaporates more quickly and this does what?  Clean away the "germs?" Yes it dehydrates and denatures the viral and bacterial cell walls, but do circuits care?

Please explain the chemistry, physics, and electronics behind this voodoo mixture

[danbeaver]

Both are acidic.  Why expose your delicate Amiga components that have already been damaged by battery acid to even more acid?  Baking soda and water is the appropriate solution.

I'm sorry you are thinking of a car battery based on hydrochloride acid; there are many ways to make a battery and the solid ones contain KOH ("LYE").

It makes no sense to use anything other than water to dissolve the metalic salts; but for those who need to use kitchen ingredients, acetic acid is at least more pure than lemon juice -- like anyone needs an Amiga to smell nice.

[danbeaver]

Don't forget the jam!  Breakfast Amy's are so soothing (add in a cup of tea with clotted cream)