Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I need to clean some crap off the terminals of a remote control car. It's very old and I'm trying to breathe some life back into it. Anyway, the battery has leaked and there is blue crystal stuff all over negative terminal. The other one looks OK. If I bypass the terminals with some ghetto tape + wire on the battery, it works fine, so this is the only problem. The battery is a NiCd, if that's of any use.Basically I want to remove this blue crystal stuff from the electrode. Is there anything lying around the house that will do this for me?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I'm no electrician, but I'm sure Cillit Bang would work wonders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 1 minute reply? Blimey. Erm, I'm not sure if I have any cillit bang. I'll go have a look. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmowerman Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Brillo pad, nail file, scourer, sand paper. Anything rough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walleee Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 yeh anything abrasive would work, emery paper or a knife would probobly be best. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 The only reason I don't want to do that is because the terminals are pretty thin and they look a bit fragile. So I'd rather use chemicals if I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Dont need to hack away at it, just scrape until its gone. Wont have soaked into the metal so you will be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I got it all fixed with a combination of sandpaper and the harshest acid known to man - Coca Cola All good, now I have another remote control car to play with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 did you know that the active ingredient in the coke is the same as the cillit bang? so my wild guess was actually fairly correct, although the bang is a lot more concentrated.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Awesome. I did have a look for Cillit Bang, but I don't think we have any. It's all working now. For anyone that was wondering, it's one of these badboys Tyco Rebound. It's gotta be at least 11-12 years old. Needed a few fixes (the control was damaged too), but it's ace now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janson Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 cillit bang is not exactly your average household cleaner.cool RC car, i wanted one of those back in the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SQuiT-man Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 Ha, I had one of those! Awesome machines.P.s. for some reason, that pic of it doing a wheelie reminds me of what I was doing at work today while bored- having a competition with another bike hire member of staff to see how far we could wheelie/manual an electric disability scooter for old people, its virtually like wheelieing a small car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted February 4, 2006 Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 My uncle got me a bigger version of one of those for christmas yeeaars ago. Well strong it was! Jumped it off my garage roof and everything! Then it 'broke' (you know what it's like when you're young, batteries dead - broke etc) I want one now... Was looking at those expensive ones we sell at work (Halfords) but a customer brought one in a while back, and had countless aounts of problems with it. More maintenance then fun he said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomm Posted February 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2006 I want one now... You know you want to! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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