Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co...
by vel0city on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @04:04PM
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Exterior surfaces for electronics are usually fine for stuff like Lysol. The fear is largely that if it gets inside on the electronic components it may leave behind conductive residues. Straight alcohol will entirely evaporate soon after application so a bit of ingress with the device powered off shouldn't cause any lasting effects, but who knows what makes up the fragrances and other ingredients in many cleaners.
Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co...
by catalogia on Wednesday April 22, 2020 @05:04PM
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Just use common sense. Wet a paper towel with the cleaner and wipe down the electronics with that, rather than dunking your phone into a bucket of the stuff.
Re:Magic Leap reportedly slashes jobs and steps away from co...
by VRay on Monday April 27, 2020 @08:22PM
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Lysol can destroy delicate coatings, so your screen won't be as anti-reflective, or your device's innards might be less waterproof, etc
Some cleaners can mess up the texture of rubber parts too
Why shouldn't I? The exterior surfaces of "electronics" are just glass, plastic or aluminum and lysol seems to work fine on all three. It's sold in plastic bottles so it's not like it'd create nerve gas or something.
Not that I generally take marketing claims seriously, but lysol advertises itself as appropriate for use on electronics: https://www.lysol.com/cold-flu/home/how-to-clean-electronics... If there were any real danger, I expect their lawyers might not let them do that.