Not arguing with you, but I've never had this problem, Chuck. Used it
dozens, maybe hundreds of times. Denatured alcohol has proven (for me,
anyway) absolutely harmless to everything I've sprayed it on.

"Chuck Harris" wrote in message
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Unrevealed Source wrote:
Tried and true method:

Remove all the tubes and anything else that can be taken off or out.
Fill a
squirt bottle, preferably a nice big one with adjustable nozzle, with
denatured alcohol (about $12/gallon) and give the thing a shower. Keep
spraying in every nook and cranny until the runoff is clear. Warning -
you
will go through a lot of alcohol so buy two gallons. The adjustable
nozzle
helps a lot; some areas you will want a wide spray and others you will
want
a thin strong stream. After the runoff is clear, keep spraying some
more.
Then some more. Keep bathing the thing until you run out of alcohol or
your
hand starts to get cramps. Another warning - do this outside - the
fumes
are strong although not particularly toxic.

Oh wow! Be careful with alcohol, it will wash all of the wax out of any
coils,
and capacitors, and simply destroy any plexyglas or lucite insulators. I
use
isopropyl for some very careful spot cleaning, but water and a good
detergent
like Simple Green is 1000 fold safer for the electronics.

You don't want to take your garden hose to the thing, but a spray bottle
full of Simple Green, and a brush to help out will allow you to
selectively
clean up the mess, and then wash it down with deionized water. A pump up
garden sprayer meant for herbicide is just perfect for this job.

When you are done, put the radio in a cardboard box that is open on both
sides, so it is like a tunnel, and put an electric heater that has a fan
on one end, and let it dry for 24 hours.

-Chuck