[peel] Re: Cleaning tape heads

[Andy Irvine]

To throw in my chemistry experience, if you can't get isopropyl alcohol 
(or 'cleaning fluid'!), do NOT, REPEAT NOT, just try any other solvent, 
even if it has 'alcohol' in the name, if not specified for the purpose.

ROGER CARRUTHERS wrote:
> Basically, anything that touches the tape, and in
> particular the outer surface of the tape, needs to be
> cleaned. 
>  The playback head, which is the one in the middle, is
> the most important; any brown residue, which is the
> magnetic oxide dust, needs to be removed. The record
> head, which is the one usually to the left of the
> playback head, obviously needs to be clean if you're
> still using the deck for recording, and the rest of it
> should be cleaned to avoid transferring oxide to the
> heads, and to prevent wear.
>  Btw, 'cleaning fluid' is usually just isopropyl
> alcohol at twice the price ;-)
> cheers
> Roger
> --- andrewthezmore <AndrewThezmore@...> wrote:
> 
>> If cotton buds is the easiest option (and it looks
>> like it is) I'm 
>> still going to have to do some googling to find out
>> exactly what all 
>> the parts that Roger described below actually are -
>> I'm still not sure 
>> how tapes actually work! 
>>
>>
>> --- In peel@yahoogroups.com, markbursa@... wrote:
>>>  
>>>>> Please can 
>>> someone recommend an easy cleaning option for 
>> me?<<
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Some head cleaning fluid from a traditional 
>> hifi/electrical shop and 
>> some 
>>> cotton buds!
>>>  
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
>>
> 
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