clean spots on macbook pro aluminium

[spinlud]

Hi guys, it is ok to use isopropylic alcohol to clean spots on aluminium body of a macbook pro? because with only a wet cloth the they don't go away. What do you use?

 

[augustya]

Nope absolutely keep away from it !! Just do a Google search or read on Wikipedia there is no mention of it as its use as cleaning agent !! Why do you only wanna use that ? Find some other soapy-watery substitute as far as this thing "KEEP AWAY'" it doesn't look nice !

 

[cjmillsnun]

Nope absolutely keep away from it !! Just do a Google search or read on Wikipedia there is no mention of it as its use as cleaning agent !! Why do you only wanna use that ? Find some other soapy-watery substitute as far as this thing "KEEP AWAY'" it doesn't look nice !

From Wikipedia "Isopropyl Alcohol"

Solvent
Isopropyl alcohol dissolves a wide range of non-polar compounds. It also evaporates quickly, leaves nearly zero oil traces, compared to ethanol, and is relatively non-toxic, compared to alternative solvents. Thus, it is used widely as a solvent and as a cleaning fluid, especially for dissolving oils. Together with ethanol, n-butanol, and methanol, it belongs to the group of alcohol solvents, about 6.4 million tonnes of which were utilized worldwide in 2011.[12]

Examples of this application include cleaning electronic devices such as contact pins (like those on ROM cartridges), magnetic tape and disk heads (such as those in audio and video tape recorders and floppy disk drives), the lenses of lasers in optical disc drives (e.g., CD, DVD) and removing thermal paste from heatsinks and IC packages (such as CPUs[13]). Isopropyl alcohol is used in keyboard, LCD and laptop cleaning

Perhaps you should've read Wikipedia before stating that it doesn't mention it as a cleaning agent.

That said, if you're going to use it. Use it in a weak solution, and moisten the cloth, so that it is damp, not dripping wet. You want to use the bare minimum.

 

[spinlud]

From Wikipedia "Isopropyl Alcohol"

Solvent
Isopropyl alcohol dissolves a wide range of non-polar compounds. It also evaporates quickly, leaves nearly zero oil traces, compared to ethanol, and is relatively non-toxic, compared to alternative solvents. Thus, it is used widely as a solvent and as a cleaning fluid, especially for dissolving oils. Together with ethanol, n-butanol, and methanol, it belongs to the group of alcohol solvents, about 6.4 million tonnes of which were utilized worldwide in 2011.[12]

Examples of this application include cleaning electronic devices such as contact pins (like those on ROM cartridges), magnetic tape and disk heads (such as those in audio and video tape recorders and floppy disk drives), the lenses of lasers in optical disc drives (e.g., CD, DVD) and removing thermal paste from heatsinks and IC packages (such as CPUs[13]). Isopropyl alcohol is used in keyboard, LCD and laptop cleaning

Perhaps you should've read Wikipedia before stating that it doesn't mention it as a cleaning agent.

That said, if you're going to use it. Use it in a weak solution, and moisten the cloth, so that it is damp, not dripping wet. You want to use the bare minimum.

Thanks. So it is ok to use? I just want to use that on the aluminium body, not display or keyboard

 

[cjmillsnun]

Thanks. So it is ok to use? I just want to use that on the aluminium body, not display or keyboard

In a very weak solution, yes. That said, I'd recommend iKlear instead.

 

[augustya]

From Wikipedia "Isopropyl Alcohol"

Solvent
Isopropyl alcohol dissolves a wide range of non-polar compounds. It also evaporates quickly, leaves nearly zero oil traces, compared to ethanol, and is relatively non-toxic, compared to alternative solvents. Thus, it is used widely as a solvent and as a cleaning fluid, especially for dissolving oils. Together with ethanol, n-butanol, and methanol, it belongs to the group of alcohol solvents, about 6.4 million tonnes of which were utilized worldwide in 2011.[12]

Examples of this application include cleaning electronic devices such as contact pins (like those on ROM cartridges), magnetic tape and disk heads (such as those in audio and video tape recorders and floppy disk drives), the lenses of lasers in optical disc drives (e.g., CD, DVD) and removing thermal paste from heatsinks and IC packages (such as CPUs[13]). Isopropyl alcohol is used in keyboard, LCD and laptop cleaning

Perhaps you should've read Wikipedia before stating that it doesn't mention it as a cleaning agent.

That said, if you're going to use it. Use it in a weak solution, and moisten the cloth, so that it is damp, not dripping wet. You want to use the bare minimum.

Oh I didn't know that you are the only Clever person on this planet !! Now you read this !!

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopropyl_alcohol

You sound like a person who has been given a Wikipedia right from Bible Pages !! Wake Up !!

And what a bigger joke it is you found this big article on what isopropyl alcohol is, and you wanna suggest iKlear to the OP what a Joke of the day !!

 

[MacInTO]

Clean spots? Has the surface coating been corroded?