NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-18T02:46:38 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-17T23:32:44 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-17T21:46:08 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-13T15:44:23 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-13T11:22:27 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19
If it's really dirty, just use a light touch with a swirly motion and that should do it. ]]>
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Update: I tried to really scrub a cart very aggressively. It is possible to remove the gold plating from the pins, so you do have to be a little careful. But it takes quite a bit of effort to have this negative effect.
What did you scrub with and which product did you use?

With just Weiman, I scrubbed pretty hard using a cotton cloth or a Q-Tip and I didn't notice any removal of gold plating.

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When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-13T01:02:07 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 When is a Nintendo cartridge game beyong repair? (Long Read w/ Pictures) http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=8&threadid=78388 2012-07-12T23:14:10 -05.00 FortuneCookiie 19 I took your guys advice and followed these steps:

1) Prepare a safe and clean enviroment.
2) Open the game using a 3.8mm gamebit.
3) Put a pea-size amount of Weiman Glass Cook Top Cleaner on the contacts of the SNES games and rub it hard with a cotton cloth to get rid of any dirt that may have missed with the rubbing alcohol
4) Rub it with a Q-tip and 91% alcohol
5) Make sure it's completely dry
6) Hope the game is fixed.

And the results are perfection!
Each game that I cleaned worked perfectly. Weiman Glass Cook Top Cleaner really made the big difference. Spots that I thought would never come out easily did with Weiman.
Alcohol alone just didn't cut it. The Q-Tip would look clean, but once I added Weiman that same Q-Tip turned BLACK.
Even when I thought it was clean Weiman took a massive amount of dirt.

Mario All-Stars Before:
http://i50.tinypic.com/y2xaf.jpg

Mario All-Stars After:
http://i48.tinypic.com/1978xx.jpg

It actually looks cleaner than what the picture shows, but nonetheless you can see the difference.
The white "scratches" that you see on the chip in the after pictures aren't scratches but dried-up Weiman that I removed with rubbing alcohol.

I have yet to work on the N64 games, I still have lots of SNES games to clean.
Thanks again for the tips! ]]>
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