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flechero wrote:
AlaskanInTexas wrote:Yes, you missed the most important thing - the backstory to your dive into the pool.
Ok... The back story is a birthday party for kids... pool, waterslides, etc. there were hired life guards there but missed this one. I dove in to pull up a child that was struggling/going down in deeper water. As I was in the air- I had 3 distinct thoughts go through my mind...

1. grab under the arm and come up with him in one motion
2. what's an iPhone 6 cost to buy outright?
3. looks like a complete detail strip tonight

I figure the ammo will shoot but it was under for a while and another 20 minutes before I got to the car and unloaded and towel dried everything... no sense in chancing it. 7 rounds are pretty cheap. (if oil can seep in, can't water also?)
Put your iPhone in a bag of uncooked white rice and set it aside on something warmish, like the top of your cable TV box. It will take about 2 days, but your iPhone will be fine. My wife dropped hers in mixing bowl full of water in the sink and we thought it had killed it. We followed this remedy, and 2 days later, her phone worked like new.

http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped- ... ve-damage/
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Re: cleaning after swimming...

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Put your iPhone in a bag of uncooked white rice and set it aside on something warmish, like the top of your cable TV box. It will take about 2 days, but your iPhone will be fine. My wife dropped hers in mixing bowl full of water in the sink and we thought it had killed it. We followed this remedy, and 2 days later, her phone worked like new.

http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped- ... ve-damage/[/quote]

7 days and counting still no luck with it coming back... I bought a new phone- so if it does miraculously come back to life, I'll keep it for an extra, for the next catastrophe!
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flechero wrote:
Put your iPhone in a bag of uncooked white rice and set it aside on something warmish, like the top of your cable TV box. It will take about 2 days, but your iPhone will be fine. My wife dropped hers in mixing bowl full of water in the sink and we thought it had killed it. We followed this remedy, and 2 days later, her phone worked like new.

http://osxdaily.com/2013/04/11/dropped- ... ve-damage/
7 days and counting still no luck with it coming back... I bought a new phone- so if it does miraculously come back to life, I'll keep it for an extra, for the next catastrophe!
It's probably worth noting, success of the "rice" trick (as well as all of the other drying out methods) is reduced dramatically if the phone is powered on before it's dried out.
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I thought the issue with oil and ammo is with the primers. I thought some types of oil (penetrating oil) will deactivate the primers.

I might try to get some distilled or clean water and flush the gun first just to make sure all the chlorine and other stuff are gone. Chlorine is very bad for stainless steel and chrome. Then try something to displace any water that might be in there. I guess you could also look at some place that was warm/hot where any internal moisture you can't get to would evaporate would evaporate. It is summer, leave the gun on the dashboard of your car on a sunny afternoon.
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ScooterSissy wrote:I think if it's a Glock, you just dry off the holster :shock: :lol:
:iagree:
Or if you're a clean freak, through it in the dishwasher.
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