Video head cleaning [I]crisis[/I]

[zeno]

We used only 91% isopropyl alcohol, its dirt cheap.
For a cloth REAL chamois. Never clean up & down. Never get a
Q-tip near the heads. We wouldnt sell the cleaning tapes but we
sure removed quite a few that got stuck & did damage !

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ODTJE6...6&linkCode=asn

Expensive but SAFE & you can use them over.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by zeno

We used only 91% isopropyl alcohol, its dirt cheap.
For a cloth REAL chamois. Never clean up & down. Never get a
Q-tip near the heads. We wouldnt sell the cleaning tapes but we
sure removed quite a few that got stuck & did damage !

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000ODTJE6...6&linkCode=asn

Expensive but SAFE & you can use them over.

73 Zeno
LFOD !

I have an unusual cleaning tape called "Discwasher". IIRC, it's made by the same firm that made some kind of cleaner for CD's.
It uses some kind of fabric in place of the tape, plus it's a dry method.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I have an unusual cleaning tape called "Discwasher". IIRC, it's made by the same firm that made some kind of cleaner for CD's.
It uses some kind of fabric in place of the tape, plus it's a dry method.

Discwasher started out making LP record cleaning brushes...I have one.

[zeno]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

I have an unusual cleaning tape called "Discwasher". IIRC, it's made by the same firm that made some kind of cleaner for CD's.
It uses some kind of fabric in place of the tape, plus it's a dry method.

I used Discwasher for my 45's. Had a special brush & fluid.
Had one from the bargain bin that went woosh from something on it.
"Oh Holy Night" by the Orioles. A sweet lesson on harmony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSuEgei6VWI
Only alcohol worked & made a $2 record a $20- $40 record. When the safe
methods fail you can up the ante, nothing to loose.

73 Zeno
LFOD !