recommendations for canned air?

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basketb · #1 Post by **basketb** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:12 pm

What brand of canned air do you use? (does it really matter?) and where do you buy it reasonably cheap (one or two 10 - 12 oz cans)? (I'm not looking to buy it in bulk to get a discount

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frankiepankie · #2 Post by **frankiepankie** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 2:34 pm

Just one note: Keep it with the top pointing upwards, if you use it with the top on the bottomside, it will spray freezing cold air

#3 Post by **erik** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:50 pm

consider a rocket blower instead. i have one for my camera and it serves double-duty on keyboards when needed. there are no negative environmental impacts, it never runs out of air, and it'll save you money in the end.

hart22 · #4 Post by **hart22** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:08 pm

Ah, thanks for that link! I've been looking for one of those; never been a fan of the canned ones.

#5 Post by **GomJabbar** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:54 pm

erik wrote:consider a rocket blower instead.

Cool! Which size do you recommend?

[I wonder why your link did not show up as a link in the quote? I subsequently edited out the url. I do not have BBCode disabled.]

#6 Post by **rkawakami** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:08 pm

GomJabbar wrote:[I wonder why your link did not show up as a link in the quote? I subsequently edited out the url. I do not have BBCode disabled.]

Seems like phpBB has a problem with quoting an asterisk. If you replace it with the HTML version, "&43;", then it will quote properly.

basketb · #7 Post by **basketb** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:05 pm

erik wrote:consider a rocket blower instead. i have one for my camera and it serves double-duty on keyboards when needed. there are no negative environmental impacts, it never runs out of air, and it'll save you money in the end.

Interesting alternative. I'll think about it. thx.

#8 Post by **erik** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:30 pm

GomJabbar wrote:Cool! Which size do you recommend?

i have both the small and medium. if you only buy one, buy the medium. the large is ridiculously big.

wearetheborg · #9 Post by **wearetheborg** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:48 am

erik wrote: i have both the small and medium. if you only buy one, buy the medium. the large is ridiculously big.

Thanks, I'm gonna get one

ArtShapiro · #10 Post by **ArtShapiro** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:11 pm

Just to think outside the proverbial box a little, and I've posted this before: why pay for canned air (or here, canned smog)?

I just use my electric leaf blower. I had previously gotten comments that the rather impressive air blast could theoretically cause static discharge problems with sensitive components, but never have observed it in practice. For something relatively small and delicate such as our laptops, just stand back a little.

It is a spectacularly effective way to clean one's desktop machine every year or two.

Art

#11 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:42 pm

Thinking along Art's line, why not take the heating elements out of an old hair dryer (or switch it to cold if there is an option for that), and make a DIY funnel?

wearetheborg · #12 Post by **wearetheborg** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:02 pm

For cleaning laptops, arent you guys worried about the dust getting inside the laptop if blowing air ? Would a small vaccum cleaner not be better ?

#13 Post by **RealBlackStuff** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 3:47 pm

wearetheborg wrote:For cleaning laptops, arent you guys worried about the dust getting inside the laptop if blowing air ? Would a small vaccum cleaner not be better ?

It should go without saying that you remove the keyboard first, before you clean it!

#14 Post by **BillMorrow** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 4:41 pm

mu s t r e s i s t . . . . . eeeeeeeeeeeeeee...
can't resist, so,

"just whistle, you know, pucker up and blow"..

hart22 · #15 Post by **hart22** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 5:41 pm

I like the air blower type cleaners from erik's original post because they direct much more precise blasts than hair dryers and the like.

I first realized the usefulness of these when a service man with 40+ years experience came into our lab to service some larger bright field and fluorescence scopes. First blast the larger debris, such as big dust specs, off the optics, then clean, then do a final blast. What does he use to clean the lenses, objectives, and filters? I quote: "One hundred percent pure ether, anesthetic grade. I've been doing this for 47 years, and the stuff's never bothered me."

The canned stuff just doesn't cut it. But based on how clean our scopes are now a rocket blower is good enough for me.

#16 Post by **BillMorrow** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:32 am

ok, we're making light of a real question..
sorry..

for me, i use the central vac system and an upholstry tool or sometime a brush tool..
not wanting to lift the keytops off
which it could do if i was careless..

i like to keep things simple..
the vac system i have, canned air would take a trip to a computer shop or an online order..

Dimitri_P · #17 Post by **Dimitri_P** » Tue Jul 08, 2008 8:38 pm

I use air compressor

#18 Post by **carbon_unit** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:08 am

Dimitri_P wrote:I use air compressor

Me too, but very carefully.

jjames55 · #19 Post by **jjames55** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 6:07 am

carbon_unit wrote:
Dimitri_P wrote:I use air compressor
Me too, but very carefully.

I second that! - a guy came by with a damaged T42 the other day. He had tried to blow the dust out using a compressor. He clean stripped off all the fan blades!! It had a real hard time cooling the cpu afterwards

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