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Old 10-13-2015, 07:28 AM
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Just picked up:

Alien 3
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and a head cleaner. Can always use those
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Old 10-13-2015, 07:50 AM
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Just picked up:

Alien 3
Demolition Man
and a head cleaner. Can always use those
What kind of head destroyer, er, "cleaner"? A few are safe, some are not.
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Old 10-13-2015, 08:01 AM
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What kind of head destroyer, er, "cleaner"? A few are safe, some are not.
Maxell VP-200. Never had a problem with any head cleaner except the stupid Maxell tapes that do the audio channel test, etc. Those never work for me.
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Old 10-13-2015, 08:11 AM
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The wet-type (Allsop, Bib) no good. Seen too many broken heads and little strands of the cleaning material left bebind on the remnants of the heads. Or at the least they will pick up some tape oxide contamination then ring it out at the pinch roller leaving deposits on the capstan that can be really difficult to properly clean off.

Dry cleaner tapes like Scotch, Fuji OK, never seen one damage heads. We used to sell those at the front counter. All they are really good for is maybe unclogging the cylinder heads anyway. They do little to nothing to guides rollers and stationary heads.
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Old 10-13-2015, 08:20 AM
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wow. Ive never had a problem and always worked when i needed them. At least since the late 80's. Never had a head failure. I did wear out a Sony once. Probably had 300,000 miles on it time i got through with it. One of those SLV-750HF types or similar.
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Old 10-13-2015, 08:29 AM
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Of course the only ones I ever saw were the ones with damaged heads that came across my repair bench. But I used to see many with the rings of encrusted crap on the top and bottom of the capstan shaft from the wet stuff getting squeezed out exiting from the pinch roller.

The Beta Sonys in the '80s like the front-loader SL-2500 and the portable SL-2000 would get broken off tape guides from the wet-type cleaners like Bib and Allsop.
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Old 10-13-2015, 08:33 AM
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Only beta cleaner i have is a TDK SCL-30 and i've never needed it.
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Old 10-15-2015, 08:39 PM
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Please dont say that word pac! (The N word)

We dont want you to end up jinxing things!!
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Old 10-16-2015, 07:07 AM
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Never or needed? lol
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Old 10-21-2015, 03:29 AM
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The first one buddy


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Old 10-31-2015, 02:07 PM
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Old 11-07-2015, 08:54 AM
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Just picked up:

U-571
Home Alone Taking Back The House
Men In Black
Daylight
The Karate Kid (original release)
The American President (screener)
Days of Thunder
The Truman Show (Jim Carrey)
Exit Wounds
Lake Placid
Kolobos
Double Team (Van Damme)
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Old 11-07-2015, 02:58 PM
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GOOD PAC!!

I found TAKING BACK THE HOUSE months ago and got it just cause I hadnt ever seen the whole thing..... I wasnt interested in keeping it. (Not as good as 1,2 at all (I only REALLY LIKE parts 1 and 2))
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Old 11-10-2015, 08:52 AM
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Yes 1 and 2 are the only ones worth having. I only got 3 and 4 just to have and something else to look at during the holidays. I dont know what the hell they were thinking tho.
Also picked up:

Top Dog (Chuck Norris)
Snow Day (Chevy Chase)
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Old 11-13-2015, 07:51 AM
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Just picked these up:

Driven (Stallone)
Tequila Sunrise (Mel Gibson)
Mission to Mars
Gladiator (Russell Crowe)
Hannibal (Anthony Hopkins)
Big (Tom Hanks)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone
Doc Hollywood (Michael J. Fox)
3 Ninjas
A Few Good Men (Tom Cruise)
Funny Farm (Chevy Chase)
Fatal Attraction
Presumed Innocent (Harrison Ford)
Flatliners
Lord of the Rings The Fellowship of the Ring
Garfield On The Town
The Jetsons Meet The Flintstones
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Double Trouble
Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Undercover Critters
Kiki's Delivery Service
Grizzly Mountain (Dan Haggerty)
Batman The Animated Series The Joker (RE-TV Collector's series)
Batman The Animated Series Monsters (RE-TV Collector's series)
Batman The Animated Series Harley (RE-TV Collector's series)
Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo
Space Cowboys
Men In Black II
Venomous
Dragonfly
The Fugitive (Harrison Ford)
The Siege
Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling (The Wrong Stuff/Three Little Hulks)
Along Came a Spider
Amadeus
The Scorpion King
Signs (Bruce Willis)
Dead Man on Campus
Stephen King's IT
8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (Joe Pesci)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Wing Commander
Rising Sun
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (Chevy Chase)
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up
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