NexusX
Astra Superstar
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- Jul 16, 2017
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So I unpacked the majority of my Neo collection recently. My seldom played games. All in some sort of case or box. Clean equipment is a bit of my OCD behavior I have. So I KNOW before they were packed in boxes within boxes within within a climate controlled storage space... That the contacts were damn near polished and cleaned to perfection. So when took them out and played them on a clean Neo board I had the signs of dirty contact pads. So after taking it out and cleaned it with Q-tips and my cleaner of choice I noticed that it was still picking up what looks like black tarnishing. Contacts of course look clean to the naked eye though before cleaning.
My questions are. Where is this coming from? What material is tarnishing? Is it the underlayer Metal under the gold? I would be more understanding if I didn't have them in a few different layers of dust protection either. I'm really more curious and interested in why this is happening and understanding the cause of it rather than having to deal with it. That's not a big deal at all. But it's just like an unanswered question in my brain.
My questions are. Where is this coming from? What material is tarnishing? Is it the underlayer Metal under the gold? I would be more understanding if I didn't have them in a few different layers of dust protection either. I'm really more curious and interested in why this is happening and understanding the cause of it rather than having to deal with it. That's not a big deal at all. But it's just like an unanswered question in my brain.