[Coco] Gold Plating the Tin Card Edge Fingers of Old Coco

[Frank Pittel]

When using the DeoxIT don't put mineral oil on the connectors.

The DeoxIT gold is an oil and will protect the contacts from oxidation. It also 
acts as a micro conductor that helps improve the connectivity.

The Other Frank


On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 10:51:03PM -0500, Melanie and John Mark Mobley wrote:
> Use DeoxIT Gold G5 and DeoxIT D5 to clean the connectors.
> 
> Then use some mineral oil to coat the connectors.
> 
> The mineral oil will protect the surface from oxidizing.
> 
> You can apply the mineral oil with a Q-tip.
> 
> Keep mineral oil away from rubber.
> 
> I tried mineral oil once on a USB cable and I think it fixed/improved a
> problem I was having.
> 
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> John Mark Mobley
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