WOW! Tried it myself on a HEAVILY corroded item and I did NOT expect the bubbles. The thing foamed like a school science project...but it worked! I thought the springs had been rusted through but nope, Vinegar to the rescue! Thankyou!
Great video. Just a note of caution with the toothbrush. Those little springs are barely soldered on. They can (as I experienced 😮) come off.. be gentle.
What a coincidence. I just discovered my long forgotten Darth Vader Master Replicas Force FX lightsaber. It didn’t turn on, so I swapped out the old corroded batteries and still nothing. I searched for a fix and your video was first. Hopefully cleaning with vinegar will bring it back to life. 👍
THANK YOU SO MUCH! Woke up this morning and my Roku tv control wasn’t working. My first thought was to change the batteries. Still nothing! Then I found your RU-vid video and BOOM! Problem solved and future corrosion fixed as well! Amazing video!
This is exactly the video I needed. I dug my bike out of storage and the CatEye light batteries corroded in a similar way to this game. I'll give it a go-- thanks!
Hi - recommendation - pour a small amount of the vinegar into a small container/paper cup rather than dipping an old contaminated toothbrush into the bottle. Also you might need more and you really don't want to introduce battery acid into the bottle. Thanks - I have stubborn residue on the inside barrel of a metal flashlight and I've been rubbing vinegar on it several times and it won't rub off. Light sandpaper?
I said the same exact thing about dipping the toothbrush into a nearly full bottle of vinegar! My battery corrosion is terrible! It's a beautiful soap dispenser that the Duracell batteries leaked into. I'll try the vinegar/lemon juice suggested & I'm hoping that it will work afterwards.
are you kidding me? i came hear to learn about how to remove battery corrosion. i learned a lot and now know how to do it. the crazy part is that the item I'm cleaning I got from Goodwill, it is this exact Darth Vader gaming pad. it was fate!
In my experience, Duracells always leak. Even cheap batteries don't leak nearly as much, even though they may not last as long. I have even had Duracells leak in an unopened package, after sitting in a drawer for a few months. (Years before the expiration date on the package.)
They also leak in the pkg if they are stored too close to a heat vent. I had some stored in shelf behind tv. Had to throw out packs worth of unused corroded batteries,- responsibly though do no worries
It's best to pour the vinegar that you think you will use into a small jar so that you're not contaminating the whole bottle of vinegar. Thanks for the video!
Great video!! I bought a old school radio at a goodwill as is outlet for dirt cheep. Batter Corrosion everywhere. I found your video while researching to clean it. Thanks for the info! Im gonna make a video about it and plug your channel!
When you mentioned lemon juice, that did it form me. I had a lemon on my table, put some juice on it and it started bubbling and cleaning the oxidation. Thanks
Doing the vinegar cleaning right now on a black light flashlight that sat and the batteries have begun corrosion. I am hoping this will work for it as well as it did for your controller. And thanks!!
Duracell batteries always leak. I've lost some valuable electronics over the years, the culprit, always Duracell batteries. I work in an industry that requires flashlights. When Duracell started running their ads about those who depend on it use Duracell, we use to laugh, we never use them. Now if I purchase something and it comes with Duracell batteries, I toss the Duracell batteries and protect my purchase. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for telling me I'm cleaning a car right now and the battery got on some parts. But say if it just a part and not a part with wires cant I set the part in a bucket of white vintager?
You keep referring to battery "acid" damage. It's alkaline damage, not acid. "acid" is not a misnomer. It's just wrong. You used the right chemical acetic acid - vinegar - to neutralize the base. If it were actually acid damage, you would add an alkali, such as baking soda.
So you don't ruin the whole entire bottle the vinegar, you really should pour some of it over into something smaller. It looked as if he was redipping it back into that big jug so then it gets contaminated with the acid residue so it may not be able to be used for something else. But thanks for the tip anyway.
I watched a similar video once before but I forgot the exact procedure. Yes, the alcohol also helps evaporate the vinegar residue as well. Have fun playing Revenge of the Sith. You get to betray your friends, kill kids, get the rest of your limbs cut off, turn into Darth Vader and yell NOOOOOO!😄
I will try. But, my flashlight end is corroded to a very, very hard spot. I will return to give feedback, But, if you would speak on that, I'd appreciate it. Thanks, you are helping !
Would this work with an fx lightsaber? I have a vader lightsaber that i found and the bottom was corroded shut so the lid is jammed. How can i get the battery pack out with the lid being corroded shut?
My xbox 360 controller battery kit corroded and most of the inside of the battery compartment that you pull out has this brown type of corrosion. Will the controller still be recoverable or has it hit the shitter
Pretty sure that alkaline batteries do not leak acid. Just use CLR to clean corrosion, baking soda solution to neutralize, rinse with water and coat with dielectric grease.
I got the rusty wires on my problem and I don’t know anything on that or any stuff. I have a remote a rejecter that got corroded from some AAA batteries I had that I didn’t even know I had in the remote that I just found and I am afraid that it may be to be repaired by going inside the system to fix it because rusty wires, from the corrosion and it’s so bad that it could be damaged inside of the remote and I don’t know how to repair it because I can’t open it up, or fix it 😅😢 I don’t have any idea how to fix it, I just got the batteries out but I don’t know how to fix it and I live in Ohio, a few days I will be going on vacation to Texas and so I will be busy. Plus I’m don’t know how to fix it on my own anyway.
If the vinegar and lemon juice method do not last long enough.. if you have a soldering iron and flux you can resolder the joints, springs, connections using the flux and solder.. in my experience which I have done this quite a lot had a lot of problems with leaking batteries in acid issues.. the fluxing and soldering has worked quite well on many applications.. Of course if you have a spring battery connection you just want to solder the tips that meet up with a battery and the other end of the spring that connects to the power or ground.. Make sure to clean with vinegar or lemon juice.. but I highly suggest the vinegar method, before trying the soldering flux.
One contributing factor causing corrosion is that someone replaced one battery. To avoid that, replace all batteries at the same time. The new batteries should be of the same type and brand. Throw out the used batteries in your junk drawer.
