I fell asleep last night and two remotes were in the path of a pint of melting chocolate fudge brownie ice cream. They were totally covered with the stuff.

Way back when, a friend of mine had left an expensive stereo power amp in his shed and several cats fought over it. With nothing to lose he hosed it down in his driveway with ordinary tap water straight from the hose. It worked, more or less.

I've read an account of Oberheim's service center using the same procedure on a stinking sound module.

So, this morning, with nothing to lose, I thoroughly rinsed off the remotes with warm running water from the kitchen, directed a slowly running fan over them and took a nap.

I woke up, put the batteries back in, and, expecting the worst, depressed a button, hoping for that important blinking red light.

They both work! Now, I have a couple of old jvc remotes, one with 51 keys and they both could use a scrub. Having nothing to lose, it's time for a bath for both.

Knowing the people on this forum, this is going to spell disaster for someone.

But then it wouldn't be entertaining if everyone used common sense.

SPY

I've had to wash out keyboards and remotes. I always give them a final rinse in distilled water. And some things take longer to dry than others, so if they act flaky at first give them a couple of days.

Most simple electronics do fine with getting soaked as long as you let them dry out comlpetely before using them again, glad it worked out for you. It's not like the circuit board is made out of sugar or something

I agree with bothanspy, someone's going to soak theirs and kill it, then post about it. Can't wait!

These old dead remotes that I have spoken of are for old JVC svhs VCRs, as far back as the 6700 models. I have one remote that works fine and another one shaped in the approximate size of a VHS tape that includes an LCD display with the time and date. The guy upstairs bought a dead VCR and the remote for $2 at a garage sale. It's very nice.

I gave one of the dead 6700 remotes a thorough rinsing but only revived one function, the button that enables the jog/shuttle. I'm thinking of soaking it in something more reactive, like alcohol or hydrogen peroxide.

Whadayathink?

Dusting off the top of the receiver is just too much of a hassle for me so once a month I disconnect all speakers/players and take it out in the driveway to pressure clean it. works great!

Maybe a solution of isopropyl alcohol heavily diluted with water. Shake it around a bit and rinse it right off with water. I'd be concerned leaving it in a plastic solvent for very long.

Hey, that never occurred to me, I'll have to get after it.