Pga?

[videodave]

I've noticed a lot of posts with members using PGA as both a juice dilluter and a cleaner for cartos and the like. Makes sense to me but I have no idea where to get it.

Any help with this will be much appreciated! Thanks.

 

[tsunami987]

Normally you can't find it in a supermarket, but you can get it at local liquor stores normally. Everclear is the only brand of PGA that I know of... You may not be able to get 95% where you are but if not, just find a liquor store and ask for the highest proof neutal alcohol you can find.

 

[Ember]

PGA = Pure Grain Alcohol

Some states don't allow their liquor stores to carry it either, so don't go in expecting that they'll have it... Most folks think vodka is effective. But I *hate* the rotten potato flavor of vodka. Me? I just use water a drop at a time until i get the right consistency. Mmmm universal solvent.

And now I'm craving a hand grenade.

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[tsunami987]

I have used both vodka, distilled water, and pga. PGA is by far the most effective, but only due to the fact that it is, more or less, straight alcohol. When I clean my atties I run hot water through them for a while, blow em out, repeat a couple times, and soak it in a tiny bit of pga for a bit. Only plus side to this is the fact that pga dries out ridiculously quick, and I would think it removes whatever gunk would be left over. Vodka works as well... I just like using a bit of alcohol to remove the water. As for thinning juice, I'd use distilled water. It's cheap, and adds no flavor at all. PGA and vodka seem to give a bit of a sweet taste for some reason.

 

[DaveP]

When I used to service computer room tape drives, we were allowed to purchase a bottle of Everclear for cleaning tape heads and put it on our expense reports! It's definitely a good, clean solvent that doesn't leave residue. It so pure that when you open the bottle, it absorbs a tiny amount of water from ambient humidity in the air, so keep it capped. it's almost impossible to have alcohol that doesn't contain a tiny amount of water, but PGA is the closest.

Don't use rubbing alcohol. It's not pure and contains lots of water. It's also poisonous if consumed.