# I washer my iPhone! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 26, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505 "2007-09-26T02:11:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Will\_Repair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a698b9/32.png) [@Will\_Repair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Will_Repair)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/41 "2007-09-27T19:03:06Z")
Put it in the oven set for 100 F. I’ve washed and dried many a circuit board. ---
**Author:** ![Madd\_Maxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Madd\_Maxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Madd_Maxx)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/42 "2007-09-27T19:16:05Z")
[QUOTE=RedSwinglineOne] Im in ur iphone korrodin your di0des. [/QUOTE] This made me giggle. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/43 "2007-09-27T19:19:54Z")
Do you have a secretary? If so, this is the ideal situation to mutter, “Hold all my calls”. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/44 "2007-09-27T19:40:41Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Put it in the oven set for 100 F. I’ve washed and dried many a circuit board. [/QUOTE] I really really really don’t think this is a good idea. Leaving electronics exposed to that sort of heat isn’t as bad as it could get, but is not a good idea. Rice. Go for rice. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/45 "2007-09-27T19:51:18Z")
[QUOTE=ForumBot] Rice. Go for rice. [/QUOTE] [Rice?](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Condoleezza_Rice.jpg/480px-Condoleezza_Rice.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/46 "2007-09-27T19:54:37Z")
[QUOTE=Will Repair] Put it in the oven set for 100 F. [/QUOTE] It’s not suprising that a circuit board may survive this temperature for a short time, but there is almost zero chance that a liquid crystal display would. I don’t know what liquid crystals are being used in the display, but I would be very suprised if the liquid crystal did not go through a phase change before reaching 100˚C. Depending on the type of display, this could permanently disorder the alignemnt. ETA: Oh I see you said ˚F. Nevertheless, LC displays are quite sensitive. I wouldn’t do it. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/47 "2007-09-27T20:25:03Z")
At the hardware store you can buy this desiccant material, I forget what it’s called but maybe Drie-Rite, it looks like blue aquarium gravel. Put the phone in a sealed jar with the desiccant and keep changing it out as it turns from blue to pink (which means it is hydrated, and might happen every day or so while there is significant moisture). When you notice the desiccant stop changing all the way to pink, the container is as dry as it is going to get. Note that the desiccant can be reused by heating in the oven, it will turn blue again as the water is driven off. Actually if you have a large enough ratio of desiccant to phone, you might not need to change it out at all. I am not in the habit of baptizing electronics so I don’t know for certain. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/48 "2007-09-27T20:26:07Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] [Rice?](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Condoleezza_Rice.jpg/480px-Condoleezza_Rice.jpg) [/QUOTE] I knew that, eventually, someone was going to do that. 😉 You could have picked a better time than right after lunch, though. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/49 "2007-09-27T20:28:01Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] Do you have a secretary? If so, this is the ideal situation to mutter, “Hold all my calls”. [/QUOTE] And then you get slapped with a sexual harassment lawsuit because, since you were muttering, she mis-heard what you said. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/50 "2007-09-27T20:29:19Z")
[QUOTE=Madd Maxx] This made me giggle. [/QUOTE] Chuckle. Men chuckle. Women giggle. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/51 "2007-09-27T20:36:03Z")
[QUOTE=Phlosphr] I gotcha, I was just wondering. I don’t have an iPhone but when my bro bought his he bought the extended warranty. Not sure how much it was… [/QUOTE] $69 for a one year _extension_ of the warranty. Doesn’t cover laundering the thing. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/52 "2007-09-27T22:34:04Z")
Kim Komando recommends the rice treatment. Do not cook the rice first! ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2007, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/53 "2007-09-27T23:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Ignatz] Kim Komando recommends the rice treatment. Do not cook the rice first! [/QUOTE] Do not cook the rice _after_, either, I’d say. At least not to eat. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/54 "2007-10-03T01:34:45Z")
I took it apart, dried it out, cleaned it with alchohol, tried resetting then restoring it. I let it lay on my dashboard all day. I blew it out with canned air. Nada! It would do wierd stuff, but no more iPhone. Shit. 400 bucks for a new one, which works fine. 😃 Thanks for all the help, mangeorge BTW; seen the new iPhone update? Apple is sucky, imo. ---
**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/55 "2007-10-03T01:44:44Z")
Sounds like it’s too late to try my salad spinner idea. I’m sure that would have worked much better than the microwave or toaster. ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505/56 "2007-10-03T01:49:35Z")
[QUOTE=Patty O’Furniture] Sounds like it’s too late to try my salad spinner idea. I’m sure that would have worked much better than the microwave or toaster. [/QUOTE] Dang, **Patty** , I wish I’d thought of that. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-washer-my-iphone/420505.md?page=2)