Dusting a PC

Feek · 05-04-2007, 19:43

You've all seen those little tins of compressed air you can buy for dusting a PC. I've always thought them particularly rubbish.

So today I did it my way.

Take one divers bottle, capacity 12 litres of compressed filled at 300 bar (that's a tad under 4,500 psi), add one very dusty PC and open the tap on the air bottle.

Cue one absolutely huge cloud of dust billowing about 20 feet into the air. Imagine the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion and you're getting close.

Result. A very dust free PC for very little effort.

w00t

Stan_Lite · 05-04-2007, 20:00

This man has style

How many PCs do you think I'd get out of a standard bottle?

Stan

Darrin · 05-04-2007, 20:41

I got you beat, Feek.

55 gallon drum sealed shut with a nozzle on the top with an included valve on it.

Attach to the nozzle a hose much like on a Hoover.

After using a 7hp vacuum pump to bring it down to an almost perfect vacuum inside.

I almost pulled components off the motherboard with that thing. But there wasn't a spot of dust ANYWHERE to be found.

semi-pro waster · 05-04-2007, 21:28

You guys are a bit mental frankly but full marks for ingenuity, my PC is lucky to get cleaned ever and it still runs fine.

Feek · 05-04-2007, 22:31

It's because I'm doing a complete shack emtpy, tidy, clean.

I've already got 7 bin bags full of rubbish and I'm not even a quarter of the way done.

Treefrog · 05-04-2007, 22:51

This reminds me of the story behind the Fischer Space Pen, developed for NASA.
Biros wouldn't work because of zero gravity, reduced air pressure or whatever, so they spent $1 million developing the pen with its pressurised cartridge which would write upside down, underwater, etc. Obviously the Russian cosmonauts had the same problem.
Their solution? A pencil.

1/2" soft natural bristle paintbrush that's never been near paint or anything else ftw

Feek · 08-04-2007, 23:23

A paintbrush would work, but it'd mean taking off the drives, removing the PSU and making space inside to get it in there. A large dose of compressed air did the job much quicker and more efficiency, as would the vacuum trick.

Anyway, I'm almost done in here. I've been tidying and cleaning the shack since Thursday.

Can you believe that a room a mere 9ft x 8ft could contain so much rubbish? I've taken at least 25 black bin bags (I lost count at 25) of crap to the local dump, and that's not including the stuff I've put in the loft.

It's like a bloody TARDIS in here!

Pebs · 09-04-2007, 00:10

I hoovered mine with a dyson.

LeperousDust · 09-04-2007, 02:36

i've done that before but i've heard vacum cleaners make loads of static near the nozzle and its asking for trouble sticking it in a PC. It's all factually correct i've just been lucky the few times i've done it!

Feek · 09-04-2007, 10:01

Yeah, I'd never let a vacuum cleaner near the insides of a PC.

05-04-2007, 19:43	#1
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Dusting a PC You've all seen those little tins of compressed air you can buy for dusting a PC. I've always thought them particularly rubbish. So today I did it my way. Take one divers bottle, capacity 12 litres of compressed filled at 300 bar (that's a tad under 4,500 psi), add one very dusty PC and open the tap on the air bottle. Cue one absolutely huge cloud of dust billowing about 20 feet into the air. Imagine the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion and you're getting close. Result. A very dust free PC for very little effort. w00t __________________

05-04-2007, 20:00	#2
Stan_Lite Stan, Stan the FLASHER MAN! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In bed with your sister Posts: 5,483	This man has style How many PCs do you think I'd get out of a standard bottle? Stan __________________ Just because I have a short attention span doesn't mean I...

05-04-2007, 20:41	#3
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	I got you beat, Feek. 55 gallon drum sealed shut with a nozzle on the top with an included valve on it. Attach to the nozzle a hose much like on a Hoover. After using a 7hp vacuum pump to bring it down to an almost perfect vacuum inside. I almost pulled components off the motherboard with that thing. But there wasn't a spot of dust ANYWHERE to be found. __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

05-04-2007, 21:28	#4
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	You guys are a bit mental frankly but full marks for ingenuity, my PC is lucky to get cleaned ever and it still runs fine. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

05-04-2007, 22:31	#5
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	It's because I'm doing a complete shack emtpy, tidy, clean. I've already got 7 bin bags full of rubbish and I'm not even a quarter of the way done. __________________

05-04-2007, 22:51	#6
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	This reminds me of the story behind the Fischer Space Pen, developed for NASA. Biros wouldn't work because of zero gravity, reduced air pressure or whatever, so they spent $1 million developing the pen with its pressurised cartridge which would write upside down, underwater, etc. Obviously the Russian cosmonauts had the same problem. Their solution? A pencil. 1/2" soft natural bristle paintbrush that's never been near paint or anything else ftw __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

08-04-2007, 23:23	#7
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	A paintbrush would work, but it'd mean taking off the drives, removing the PSU and making space inside to get it in there. A large dose of compressed air did the job much quicker and more efficiency, as would the vacuum trick. Anyway, I'm almost done in here. I've been tidying and cleaning the shack since Thursday. Can you believe that a room a mere 9ft x 8ft could contain so much rubbish? I've taken at least 25 black bin bags (I lost count at 25) of crap to the local dump, and that's not including the stuff I've put in the loft. It's like a bloody TARDIS in here! __________________

09-04-2007, 00:10	#8
Pebs Easymouth Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 6,716	I hoovered mine with a dyson. __________________ ...faster you naughty little monkey! Running through hell, heaven can wait!

09-04-2007, 02:36	#9
LeperousDust Bananaman Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Liverpool/Edinburgh Posts: 4,817	i've done that before but i've heard vacum cleaners make loads of static near the nozzle and its asking for trouble sticking it in a PC. It's all factually correct i've just been lucky the few times i've done it! __________________

09-04-2007, 10:01	#10
Feek ex SAS Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: JO01ou Posts: 10,062	Yeah, I'd never let a vacuum cleaner near the insides of a PC. __________________