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TIP: Cleaning header socket for .5mm thick, 1mm spacing ribbon

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N_Cook

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Sep 10, 2015, 4:06:12 AM9/10/15
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0.5mm thick PTFE , but any soft plastic would do probably.
With a fine needle make, as closely spaced as you can, random holes at
the straight edge of the plastic, so the reverse looks like a cheese
grater. Immerse the grater-end in some meths or similar and insert a few
times into the socket. And also clean the end of the ribbon of course.

Cydrome Leader

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Sep 11, 2015, 5:29:48 PM9/11/15
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Why not just use a piece of paper or cardstock dipped in your solvent of
choice, insert and remove a couple times?

N_Cook

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Sep 12, 2015, 3:09:49 AM9/12/15
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I tried that first, but its too thin to retain any structural integrity
to resist the insertion force.

Cydrome Leader

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Sep 14, 2015, 6:52:25 PM9/14/15
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makes sense, the 1mm stuff is narrow and obnoxiously small.
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