Dear community,
I have a tip for cleaning your Alienware case outside panels.
Take a industrial Alcohol Propanol from at least 70%, make sure you have a can with a sprayer and mix 100ml Propanol with 150ml water, spray 8x = 0,25ml on a clean and soft cloth and gently wipe all panels.
I have a white R 13 and it looks amazing after 3 months, so bright!
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I would recommend distilled water (it's plastic safe) . 100% cotton cloth or micro-fiber.
You can also vacuum it off first (soft brush attachment).
If cleaning the dust from the inside ... take outside and blow-out with air-compressor at 40-50psi. Be sure to get all fans, the video card, the power-supply, and the liquid-cooler's radiator.
I'm really hoping that clear side panel is not made from acrylic.
Hello,
Propanol and/ or Isopropyl alcohol does NOT affect or damage the surface from Acrylic.
Only Petroleum derivates like Thinner are damage Acrylic.
So Propanol and Isopropyl alcohol are safe.
this is false
Acrylic is an amorphous polymer that is principally soluble in isopropyl alcohol. The alcohol diffuses into the surface causing the polymer chains to swell, resulting in a phenomenon called 'crazing'.
Yes i know that and i'm not going to argue a specialist, thatswhy you mix with water.
I can take some picture's next time i'm cleaning again with Propanol and post them so that you can see its save.
The crazing of acrylic by isopropryl alcohol is not an immediate event, but a process over time as the polymer chain structure weakens, eventually resulting in surface cracks.
As a note; we have not yet had any confirmation that the clear side panel is made from acrylic.
Oke, maybe i was a little premature about the isopropyl alcohol, but its definitily that propanol not affect even without water, i work as a CNC Engineer and we have a Datron M8 Cube, this machine is cooled with pure propanol and the main door at front your working area have a big window made of acrylic, and running now for a couple of years and the window is just like new. However, the guys i talked with say about isopropyl '' think so, gues it does'' , so forgive me for that.
I would recommend distilled water (it's plastic safe) . 100% cotton cloth or micro-fiber.
You can also vacuum it off first (soft brush attachment).
If cleaning the dust from the inside ... take outside and blow-out with air-compressor at 40-50psi. Be sure to get all fans, the video card, the power-supply, and the liquid-cooler's radiator.
Distilled water cleans nothing. So Propanol and / or Isopropyl like I said in my post.
I use one of these. I’m sure there are cheaper ones but you get what you pay for. When I use this tool I hold the fans while blowing the dust off.
https://www.amazon.com/Computer-Powerful-Electronic-Environmentally-Friendly/dp/B01FWSYOME