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[kf4rca]

I think that is normal for it to evaporate like that. The molecules are so small they slip right thru a tightly closed cap.
At the TV station we used alcohol. But the field crews used a cleaning tape which worked well. You are only supposed to play a cleaning tape about 10 seconds or so. If that doesn't fix it, you've got other problems.
I remember a CE I worked for once, looking at the alcohol bottle in the tape room, saying, "I think somebody is drinking this stuff," as we used quite a bit of it.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by kf4rca

I think that is normal for it to evaporate like that. The molecules are so small they slip right thru a tightly closed cap.
At the TV station we used alcohol. But the field crews used a cleaning tape which worked well. You are only supposed to play a cleaning tape about 10 seconds or so. If that doesn't fix it, you've got other problems.
I remember a CE I worked for once, looking at the alcohol bottle in the tape room, saying, "I think somebody is drinking this stuff," as we used quite a bit of it.

A related thought, in these colder climates the molecules in the air in tires slip past the wheel beads. To minimize this problem, the tire shops recommend using Hydrogen.
It seems, that's the reason soft drinks go flat in plastic bottles after a while.

[N2IXK]

Originally Posted by dieseljeep

A related thought, in these colder climates the molecules in the air in tires slip past the wheel beads. To minimize this problem, the tire shops recommend using Hydrogen.
It seems, that's the reason soft drinks go flat in plastic bottles after a while.

Hydrogen?!?!

Given that it is the smallest atom there is, if ANYTHING was going to leak out of a tire, it would. Then there is the whole explosion thing.

Methinks you meant NITROGEN, which is a common upsell scam run by tire shops...

[Chip Chester]

Originally Posted by N2IXK

Hydrogen?!?!

Given that it is the smallest atom there is, if ANYTHING was going to leak out of a tire, it would. Then there is the whole explosion thing.

Methinks you meant NITROGEN, which is a common upsell scam run by tire shops...

Brings a whole new meaning to having a blowout.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Chip Chester

Brings a whole new meaning to having a blowout.

I knew I specified the wrong gas.
How about the refrigerents used today, highly explosive but won't damage the ozone layer.

[WA3WLJ]

Nitrogen ? Right