GF asks us to purchase “3M Novec Electronic Degreaser” for their new fan maintenance. (Before you begin, you’ll need to obtain a can of 3M Novec Electronic Degreaser, which you can purchase from Amazon or Digikey.)
Being in Hawaii, there is no online store that will ship this to me. I can find an “electronic cleaner” locally at Home Depot: # 11 oz. QD Electronic Cleaner (link below)… does anyone know if this is okay to use instead? It’s a cleaner vs. degreaser. Any and all help is appreciated.
The reason they specify the Novec cleaner is that it is a non-flammable degreaser, and you have to run the machine while it is being used, which might present an explosive hazard.
No, i wouldn’t try to use anything other than the recommended product for this.
There is a way to maintain your fan manually that I use. It takes longer, but works very well.
Degreaser, really? Wow, missed that message on the cleaning.
But why a degreaser? Makes sense if you’re personalizing bacon strips, and the non-flammable really makes sense. (But guess degreaser might be fast for breaking up lots of soot even without the grease).
Oh, I should have remembered that–when restoring my 100yo house a couple years ago, i had the old furnance chimney taken down–wasn’t too messy until after my elecritian ripped down all the plastic they put up in doorways to keep the soot from going too far & they hadn’t finished yet… so layers of soot got on every surface (though pretty much all surfaces were later refinished, anyway, though still have a sooty hand print or two on door frames I’ve not refinished yet or on mini blinds I’ve not replaced). White vinegar helped a lot.
I managed to find someone wonderful to ship a can of the 3M via ground service… very good price $18.18 for the can ($75 for shipping, lol). If anyone is looking for a good price and great service… http://www.hillas.com/
$30 but you get six cans instead of one, Good find! now there is only the problem of sufficient ventilation when using, not hard to take a modular part outside, but not possible to take the whole Glowforge (for me anyway)
