Why I stopped using canned air for cleaning circuit boards

Last month I was cleaning out a dusty old Xbox 360 and used a can of compressed air upside down. Shot liquid freezer all over the motherboard, had to wait 3 days for it to dry before it worked again. Has anyone else switched to those electric dusters for console work?

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the_jason2d ago

Compressed air is fine if you know what you're doing, just don't flip the can upside down like a moron. Electric dusters are overpriced and blow warm air anyway, not great for sensitive stuff either. @the_faith's buddy probably killed that Game Boy doing something else wrong and just blames the canned air.

the_faith2d ago

Oh man, my buddy did the exact same thing on a vintage Game Boy and it never powered on again. He still brings it up at least once a year.