How To Clean A Battery Compartment. Open the battery compartment. Youll need a little vinegar or lemon juice to neutralize that residual potassium hydroxide.

Then I mix large amounts of Baking Soda the big box from Costco with 1 gallon of warm water in a bucket. Carefully remove the damaged batteries and place each battery in a separate sealable plastic bag. There will be some fizzling so dont be alarmed.
In the winter use wet lubrication and in the summer use a dry lube.
The battery compartment consists of two tubes one houses 3 cells while the other one has one cell. It migrates into the battery terminals. Lead-Acid battery youd want to use a baking soda and water solution. Gently rub the piece of cloth on the battery compartments including the terminals.

