What tool do you clean your cartridges with?

[XYXZYZ]

What do you use to clean your cartridge connectors? I use a ruler with an old shirt or some cloth wrapped around it, dabbed with alcohol. Works for me, do any of you use a better method?

[kedawa]

Most of the time, I use alcohol on a little cleaning wand that I got years ago in a cleaning kit. I then use another dry wand to wipe away the excess.
For really dirty or corroded stuff, I use electrical contact cleaner that comes in an aerosol can.

[wiggyx]

000 steel wool.

[Ryudo]

Rubbing alcohol and q tips for the connectors. Goo gon for residue from stickers. Magic eraser for perm marker on the cart

[Oldskool]

I take out the PCB. Put a little toothpaste (extra whitening) on my fingers and rub using a decent amount of pressure on both sides of the connector pins. The toothpaste will turn a nasty black/gray color from the cleaning. I follow up by rinsing the connector pins under the sink using a toothbrush to brush it off. Then I take a cotton towel and buff the crap out of the pins.

Works every time - I've saved some very questionable carts using this method. I swear by it. And it's all stuff that you know is going to be in the bathroom no matter what.

For a quick cleaning I just use a Q'tip soaked in alcohol. Then I use the dry side to buff it out.

[Schiggidyd]

I also remove the PCB from the cartridge, I highly recommend Brasso Metal Polish for connectors, not a single game enters my collection until it's connectors are spotless. Rub it on with a Q-Tip, and rinse it off with window cleaner/alcohol, than dry it. It takes off everything, even those deep brown marks on NES/SNES cartridges. I never had a problem with it! :)

[Duke.Togo]

I use a white art eraser to clean contacts, followed by alcohol to clean off any residue. Works great.

[treismac]

I also remove the PCB from the cartridge, I highly recommend Brasso Metal Polish for connectors, not a single game enters my collection until it's connectors are spotless. Rub it on with a Q-Tip, and rinse it off with window cleaner/alcohol, than dry it. It takes off everything, even those deep brown marks on NES/SNES cartridges. I never had a problem with it! :)

Brasso is indispensable.

[nildem]

I also remove the PCB from the cartridge, I highly recommend Brasso Metal Polish for connectors, not a single game enters my collection until it's connectors are spotless. Rub it on with a Q-Tip, and rinse it off with window cleaner/alcohol, than dry it. It takes off everything, even those deep brown marks on NES/SNES cartridges. I never had a problem with it! :)

I've been meaning to try this Brasso stuff. I've been using Tarn-X for years, followed by a coat of rubbing alcohol, then a once-over with a paper towel to remove any residue left behind. Works wonders. :)

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

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I use Sheila Shine, which is similar to Brasso.

Non-conducive stainless steel/metal polish.

Applied with "safety Q-tips" with the extra fat heads.

Great stuff, makes cartridge contacts shine with a brighter luster than when they came off the assembly line.

When I get my hands on a particularly grimy cart, that's my first line of defense and it has never disappointed.

[SonicBoom]

Folded up paper and alcohol. Works every time.

[123►Genei-Jin]

I take the PCB out and use a pencil eraser most of the time.