I’ll be straight with it. I’m a smoker, I smoke inside, I have a PC that is also inside. I want to clean my PC thoroughly to buy it a few more years. I know about the q tip method, and the compressed air, and general methods of cleaning out gunk and junk from PC parts. But this boy is way too gunked up for a regular cleaning. So, I reckon, the easiest way to clean it is to dunk the dirtiest parts in a bath of isopropyl alcohol. I was considering acetone at first, but it’s way too strong of a solvent, and alcohol should be better at dissolving organic residues. Is this a good idea?

I hereby submit this query to the council, and await judgement.

    • Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      I think that is literally physically impossible. The strongest you can buy is 96-98%, I think. I don’t even think it is possible to distill it past about 99%.

      • buttmasterflex@piefed.socialEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Nerd alert, incoming: Not sure about isopropyl, but the azeotropic distillation point of ethanol is about 97.5%. After that, dessicants are needed to remove the remaining water content.

        You can purchase laboratory grade 200 proof isopropyl, but I would guess it is rather expensive.

        • Bakkoda@lemmy.world
          3·
          1 day ago

          Used to contract at a pharma company that used 99% iso in trays to clean tablet punches. You need strict guidelines on secondary containers, specific pumps and once it’s in a secondary it basically expires as it falls past 99% quick.