Apple Lisa 1 - restoration project

[Eric J Korpela]

On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 1:27 AM, Alexander Schreiber <als at thangorodrim.de> wrote:

>> Coca Cola should work too as it contains phosphoric acid.

> Coca Cola might work due the phosporic acid - but it also contains an
> enormous amount of sugar. So you might have removed the alkali from the
> board, but now it is coated in a sticky sugary mixture ...

Sugar, properly treated, can form a hard insulating coating.  I'm sure
I once saw MyGuyver fix arcing high tension lines with nothing more
than a creme brule and a soda straw.