NEW Let's Wash an Arcade Monitor!

Great video. When I get a new game this is the first thing I do and I do it right in the driveway if I can. Then I dismantle the monitor for a more thorough clean and dry. Use the compressed air to blow out all of the connectors after unplugging them. They will hold water for a long time. So will the POTs. It will also air dry a lot better and a lot faster this way. A fan blowing on it overnight will do wonders. I often just lean the chassis over the furnace vent in the floor overnight since I have my furnace fan blow 24x7 anyway.
 
Great video. When I get a new game this is the first thing I do and I do it right in the driveway if I can. Then I dismantle the monitor for a more thorough clean and dry. Use the compressed air to blow out all of the connectors after unplugging them. They will hold water for a long time. So will the POTs. It will also air dry a lot better and a lot faster this way. A fan blowing on it overnight will do wonders. I often just lean the chassis over the furnace vent in the floor overnight since I have my furnace fan blow 24x7 anyway.

Sitting in the hot summer sun after a simple green bath and rinse is my method. :)
 
I prefer to wash the monitor when it is still inside the cabinet. These old wood cabinets really need to soak for a few days to get them really clean!
 
I prefer to wash the monitor when it is still inside the cabinet. These old wood cabinets really need to soak for a few days to get them really clean!

Laugh if you will....

Do not do this with Particle board cabinets and don't let it soak, however, I have hosed out the inside of Williams Cabinets before.

I washed the inside out, used the Wet & Dry vac to get all the water out and then let it dry outside in 110F weather. Worked very nicely.

clean2big.jpg
 
Laugh if you will....

Do not do this with Particle board cabinets and don't let it soak, however, I have hosed out the inside of Williams Cabinets before.

I washed the inside out, used the Wet & Dry vac to get all the water out and then let it dry outside in 110F weather. Worked very nicely.

clean2big.jpg

Yikes! how dirty was that cabinet to warrant a bath?
 
I have hosed out more than one plywood cabinet in my time.
 
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