/vr/ - Retro Games

[Anonymous No.8519630]

ITT: Useful tools of the trade

[Anonymous No.8519662]

>electrical contact cleaner exists
>use an abrasive metal polish on the nm-thick gold coating instead
ITT: Cowboy repair methods that do permanent damage.

[Anonymous No.8519685]

>>8519630
Huh? I use it to remove the blockbuster text from n64 games.

[Anonymous No.8519921]

>>8519685
A lot of people use it to clean the actual cartridge contacts/pins which is really a bad idea.

[Anonymous No.8519931]

>>8519630
Ol' faithful.

[Anonymous No.8519948]

>>8519685
Why would you remove soul?

[Anonymous No.8519949]

>>8519921
I don't think it's a tragedy to use it to clean contacts. Don't use a lot and you'll be fine. I've seen people who use too much and splatter it all over to the point it's eating the traces under the plastic sheath. The funniest alternative I've seen is a fiber glass pen which is a pretty nuclear option for cleaning contacts.

As a tool, brasso is quite useful but teaching people to use it can make it a convenient widespread solution that isn't abused.

[Anonymous No.8519978]

IPA for contacts and for getting general grime and stickiness off of plastic surfaces. Goo-Gone for stickers. I once used hairspray to remove permanent marker.

[Anonymous No.8520056]

>>8519978
IPA can clean grime but you really need a proper contact cleaner to get corrosion off without damaging them.

[Anonymous No.8520068]

[Anonymous No.8520081]

I've been liking the wd40 contact cleaner. Only wd40 I really use.
Also stop using wd40 as a lubricant, it is not a lubricant.

[Anonymous No.8520103]

>>8519949
Fair enough; I'm an IPA and Deoxit guy myself >>8520068

[Anonymous No.8520179]

>>8520103
There are times when you need just a little grit

[Anonymous No.8520267]

Lead-free is pussy shit.

[Anonymous No.8520392]

Membrane not registering a press? Just give em one of these!

>>8519630
Does using brasso on plastic really work? I want to remove scratches from the lcd lens of a gameboy color and the jewel of my gamecube but want to make sure I'm doing it right before diving in.

[Anonymous No.8520419]

Haven't tried this myself but might help some of you.
https://youtu.be/AU5uHlLGpK4

[Anonymous No.8520429]

You light the lighter and hold it for about ten seconds, then extinguish it and rub it around a sticker on your cartridge to heat up the glue just a bit. Then the sticker should come off without leaving much residue.

You DO NOT apply the actual flame to the cartridge. Anything else warm could potentially work, like the exhaust fan from your PC or a central air heating vent, etc, etc.

[Anonymous No.8520443]

You can use a bulb duster to blow air out of your PC or other electronics.
Compressed air dusters are full of bitterants and I don't want that shit anywhere near me.

[Anonymous No.8520448]

>>8519931
all you need tbqhwys

[Anonymous No.8520473]

>>8520429
Seems kinda ghetto, not dissing the approach but I feel like you should grab a cheapo heat gun before resorting to this.

[Anonymous No.8520484]

>>8520392
How do you clean membranes properly with paper? Do you wet them in 91% alcohol and the press them onto the paper?

[Anonymous No.8520506]

>>8520448
To be quite honest with you s ...

[Anonymous No.8520715]

>>8520484

Even simpler, you just scrape the pad across the paper lightly. Its just enough of an abrasive that it removes the top layer. Sould only take a few swipes. Stop as soon as your pad isn't shiny anymore.

[Anonymous No.8521741]

quite honestly have no idea what you lot are talking about

[Anonymous No.8521746]

>>8519630
Anyone else absolutely despise the smell of brasso? I'm usually not that picky over smells but that stuff is horrid

[Anonymous No.8521750]

>>8520473
Serious question, would a hair dryer work in place of a heat gun?

[Anonymous No.8521752]

>>8520506
señor

[Anonymous No.8521771]

>>8521750
Sure, I think the only difference is how hot they get. You dont need anything crazy hot to get the glue loose. That and heat guns comes with tips you can attach so that you can direct the heat better.

[Anonymous No.8521784]

>>8519630
>picks
>soldering iron with adjustable temp and a variety of tips
>70% and 91% isopropyl alcohol
>bottom-shelf vodka for cleaning mold off of plastics and rubbers
>q-tips
>flux
>AWG wire of a few different gauges
>electrical tape
>kapton tape
>multimeter (bonus points for one that reads capacitance)
>60/40 tin/lead solder
>desoldering wick
>soldering mask
>UV pen
>nu finish scratch doctor
>drill bits for polishing
>compressed air
>contact cleaner
>heat rework station if you can wing it

[Anonymous No.8521882]

>>8519948

[Anonymous No.8522256]

>>8520081
>water displacing rust preventive lubricant
>lubricant

[Anonymous No.8522361]

>>8520429
Surely a hair dryer would be much better.

[Anonymous No.8522472]

>>8521746
yeah it's really unpleasant. You can smell it if it's residual in games.

[Anonymous No.8522483]

>>8520443
>I don't want bad taste chemicals.
Well don't huff it then anon.

[Anonymous No.8522491]

Find a way to clean this one without getting a new shell. My name isn't TJ I bought it like this back in 2003.

[Anonymous No.8522504]

>>8522491
replace sticker
apply new gray plastic

[Anonymous No.8522517]

>>8522491
donor back shell from a madden64.

[Anonymous No.8524535]

>>8519662
You use it to buff out scratched CDs. Saved many of my playstation games that my siblings fucked up

[Anonymous No.8524538]

>>8521882
As he said. Why would you remove soul?

[Anonymous No.8524562]

>>8522491
Every copy is personalized.

[Anonymous No.8524581]

>>8522491
scrub dirt off the plastic
wipe the label with some water
leave the torn label and initials because it's the back of the fucking cartridge, who cares

[Anonymous No.8524587]

For all of you fags using gloogone on cartridges make sure not to get even a single drop on a sticker that you do want. I ruined an amazing copy of MBS + Track Meet + Duck Hunt and it now has a nasty feint brown spot that just won't dry out.

[Anonymous No.8525098]

>>8524538
I just saw an valid reason to post that image because it's fucking funny, so I took that opportunity.

[Anonymous No.8525565]

Permanent marker can be dissolved by dry erase marker.

[Anonymous No.8525646]

>>8524587
>feint
well at least it isn't real