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10-13-2015, 08:01 AM
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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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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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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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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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