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A bit late, this was like the first result on google - https://www.gazelle.com/thehorn/2014/05/06/gazelles-guide-water-damage-truth-rice-galaxy-everything/ http

• TimTheTinker 7y ago
  To be clear, the Gazelle article is the incorrect one - it advocates drying the phone first using a desiccant like silica gel or cat litter (though it says rice is the least effective of them). There is no mention of using alcohol (except in some comments). The iFixit article advocates displacing the water using rubbing alcohol (i.e. open it up and dunk the motherboard/etc. in alcohol) - thus halting the corrosion that would continue if it were left to dry.
  • jandrese 7y ago
    Is alcohol better than just patting it dry and blowing it out with some compressed air?
    • jbarberu 7y ago
      Yes. With alcohol you're displacing the water. With compressed air you might end up pushing it into new nooks and crannies it wouldn't otherwise have been able to reach.
      • Something1234 7y ago
        But doesn't booze like to mix with water?
        • TimTheTinker 7y ago
          Yes, so strictly speaking you're not only displacing the water; you're dissolving it into the alcohol. But assuming you're using more than a tiny bit of alcohol, the water/alcohol ratio of the solution will be minuscule. Furthermore, if you pour alcohol over the components, the new alcohol will displace the just-formed solution.
        • ksaj 7y ago
          It doesn't behave strictly that way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuV8ILW5cAQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuV8ILW5cAQ