Battery Leak

[stang66200]

I got a really nice Sony remote from my girl friend's dad, but the batteries in it leaked. Any advise on how to clean up the terminals and such before I try to put new batteries in it?

 

[mimzy]

call poison controll - we once broke a mercury thermometer on a wood floor. They told us precisely how to clean it up using things we had around the house!
Battery acid is pretty hazardous - don't touch it with your bare hands. Poison controll will know what to do.

 

[stang66200]

A friend told me white vinegar should do the trick (with gloves of course) and a small metal brush.
Is the remote probably toast?

 

[maeistero]

baking soda & water solution will be the easiest.

 

[chipmaker]

If they were the typical lead acid dry cells (the cheap non alkaliine or metal something or other type) then baking soda will be the choice to clean it out, if its an alkaline or mn type pbattery then white vinegar would be the best. should not be a need to scrub with a wire brush, just apply the liquid with a swab and keep swabbing until all corrosion is dissolved. Follow up with distilled (RODI) would be gresat to remove any traces of liquid used to clean it, once dry follow up with a light buffing of the contact springs and clips with a pencil eraser or such, make sure its totally dry and use it. Just make sur eyou do not flood it and allow liquid to get into the elctronics portion of control.
You need to use a acid based compound for alkaline battery leakage and alkaline base compound for acid based battery liquid....