1. crayola_sky's Avatar
    My cousin tripped...fell into her friends pool Fully clothed.
    sounded like a funny story till she told me that her Camera, and her blackberry went with her..ontop of that got a nasty bruise on her leg.

    stuck both her camera and blackberry in a bowl of dried rice.

    both work amazing
    07-13-09 10:00 PM
  2. JoeyMoose's Avatar
    Yep, that's why we recommend it!
    07-13-09 10:07 PM
  3. crayola_sky's Avatar
    haha did she come on here and ask? or just someone else wanted to know?
    07-13-09 10:42 PM
  4. Californium89's Avatar
    works wonders... its like putting a piece of bread in a enclosed jar with cookies... takes the moisture out of the bread and keeps the cookies soft like if they were freshly baked
    07-13-09 11:30 PM
  5. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    You are on borrowed time. Chlorine is a corrosive. Even if the rice
    removed the moisture, the chlorine is still in there working it's mojo.
    07-14-09 01:01 AM
  6. cdr1869's Avatar
    Hey...I never knew that...sweet Thanks!
    07-14-09 01:03 AM
  7. JoeyMoose's Avatar
    You are on borrowed time. Chlorine is a corrosive. Even if the rice
    removed the moisture, the chlorine is still in there working it's mojo.
    Huh, i never heard of that but it does make sense.

    When i had a pager it got wet and i put it in the oven at 100degress, a couple hours later it worked fine.

    Disclaimer* Try at your own risk
    07-14-09 01:05 AM
  8. amazinglygraceless's Avatar
    Huh, i never heard of that but it does make sense.
    The two worst things you can do to electronics is expose them to (a) chlorine
    or (b) saltwater. In both cases failure is imminent.
    07-14-09 01:10 AM
  9. JoeyMoose's Avatar
    Yeah, Electronics and Corrosives do not play well.
    07-14-09 01:12 AM
  10. Chiplg's Avatar
    You might want to get a PCB Cleaner/Degreaser and hose them down. Open them up as much as you can and spray them down. I would cover the lens on the camera to protect the coating on the optics.

    You might be able to find a PCB Cleaner/Degreaser locally at a place like Frys Electronics, or maybe Radio Shack if you're lucky. Online, you can search alliedelec.com or newark.com for them. In Canada it's canada.newark.com

    I've use these types of sprays on boards worth thousands of dollars, and it works great.

    The more opened up you can get the device, the quicker the cleaner will evaporate. Make sure to spray in a well ventalated area.
    Last edited by chiplg; 07-14-09 at 12:04 PM.
    07-14-09 10:49 AM
  11. p4tr1ck's Avatar
    Really cool idea, I've never heard this before. Thanks for the incite now I know what to do if that happens to me.
    07-14-09 11:10 AM
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