Comments on: Tech Tip: Submerged CF Card

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:03:13 +0000

Cattism7 Posted on Brilliant card! Would you coisnder doing a scrapbook page or card with movable elements?

By: robert benson

robert benson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:37:57 +0000

It will be fine. You can submerge and reuse those things all you want. Check this out: http://robertbenson.com/blog/?p=1813

By: Simon McConico

Simon McConico — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:41:40 +0000

That is crazy, had a memory stick go through the wash once in a pair of jeans. I was freaking. Put it in the comp and it was still good. I was impressed.

By: alex Menendez

alex Menendez — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:29 +0000

My father in law would say this….” Don’t do that!”.
I don’t know why I posted this, his voice just came into my head while I was reading this post. Carry on…..
alex

By: Borut Peterlin

Borut Peterlin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:45:08 +0000

Send me the card. I washed it in a washing machine and after being a bit careful first half a year to what motifs am I going to use that card, now I’m using it without any prejudice.
It’s no problem!
B5

By: Pants pockets o' doom

Pants pockets o' doom — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:27:08 +0000

(Oops, I meant 2 and 4 Gig cards. In any case, they survived the washer.)

By: Pants pockets o' doom ...

Pants pockets o' doom ... — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:12:40 +0000

Several times I have washed cards (we use SanDisk ExtremeIII 2 and 4 meg) in the washing machine. They have never been through the dryer though. (I tend to forget anything left in my pants pockets.)
Never had a problem with the cards afterwards. I let them dry on their own for a day, and they have worked fine since.
I have, to my wife’s dismay, ruined a cell phone by putting it through the wash. I now use a G’z One Boulder for my phone. I am able to report that it can survive a washing machine.
Pants pockets o’ doom …

By: Steven Noreyko

Steven Noreyko — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:12:19 +0000

FWIW – I dropped a CF card in a puddle once and after drying I continued to use the card with zero problems.
I’ve also heard of people accidently putting CF cards through the washing machine.
Of course given the low cost of CF cards these days, your choice to “retire” the card is probably a good idea – esp. for client work.

By: stikman

stikman — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 11:54:40 +0000

good one nick. Happened to me once too, only it was pics of my kid by our pool, so I wasnt sweating the images, saved em anyways with a heat gun on low setting.
Take care and keep living the dream

By: Ja Tecson

Ja Tecson — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:53:29 +0000

yikes! that happened this to me too. It’s effin scary, but I was able to salvage them too, thank god. Glad eveyrthing worked out.