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ACETONE will KILL most plastics/rubbers. DON'T. Lighter fluid (butane)
is an EXCELLENT cleaner for all such materials incl. neoprene, most all
rubbers, plastics, etc..


spud wrote:
Otari MX5050 MkIII 8-track. (1/2" machine)
Sigh,.. ok, so how do you clean the tape shred goo off a pinch roller?
After 35 minutes at the archives I got confused. Half the people said,
"clean your tape shed contaminated pinch roller with Xylene, acetone,
409, denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 99%, 91%, distilled water,
dish soap,.." And of course the other half said, "NEVER USE!! ,..
Xylene, acetone, 409, denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 99%, 91%,
distilled water, dish soap, bag balm,.. etc".
I thought I'd have another go at the mighty reels but I guess this
one-pass 3M 986 from that guy in Florida has been sitting around
longer than I considered and the machine hasn't been run for 12 months
or more, like maybe 3 years.
About 5 minutes into the process I noticed the Tension Arm was
beginning to flog. Now the pinch roller has this sticky goo all over
it. The tape isn't coming apart noticeably and the heads/tape path
appear to still be clean but the roller is real sticky.
I notice the scoundrels now want $100 for this tiny, obsolete $12 part
may they rot in hell. Does anyone rebuild these things?
Ok, the spell chek is complete, I had 13 mistakes.
Thanks as always, s.

[david correia]

In article .com,
wrote:

ACETONE will KILL most plastics/rubbers. DON'T. Lighter fluid (butane)
is an EXCELLENT cleaner for all such materials incl. neoprene, most all
rubbers, plastics, etc..


spud wrote:
Otari MX5050 MkIII 8-track. (1/2" machine)
Sigh,.. ok, so how do you clean the tape shred goo off a pinch roller?
After 35 minutes at the archives I got confused. Half the people said,
"clean your tape shed contaminated pinch roller with Xylene, acetone,
409, denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 99%, 91%, distilled water,
dish soap,.." And of course the other half said, "NEVER USE!! ,..
Xylene, acetone, 409, denatured alcohol, isopropyl alcohol, 99%, 91%,
distilled water, dish soap, bag balm,.. etc".
I thought I'd have another go at the mighty reels but I guess this
one-pass 3M 986 from that guy in Florida has been sitting around
longer than I considered and the machine hasn't been run for 12 months
or more, like maybe 3 years.
About 5 minutes into the process I noticed the Tension Arm was
beginning to flog. Now the pinch roller has this sticky goo all over
it. The tape isn't coming apart noticeably and the heads/tape path
appear to still be clean but the roller is real sticky.
I notice the scoundrels now want $100 for this tiny, obsolete $12 part
may they rot in hell. Does anyone rebuild these things?
Ok, the spell chek is complete, I had 13 mistakes.
Thanks as always, s.



I picked up an empty can of Acetone this evening in the back of a top
shelf in our repair room while rummaging for something else. It had in
big letters taped on it (which I had put there): DO NOT USE ON HEADS!!
At least he didn't try cleaning tape heads with it.

I was taught in a pinch to use formula 409. Wonder if they still make
that stuff.

I agree with Scott about Precision Motor Works' "Head, Red and Roll
Cleaner". The guy who is PMW, Jeff Gilman, is a riot. And he knows his
****.



David Correia
www.Celebrationsound.com

[Steve Urbach]

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:38:29 -0400, david correia
wrote:

I was taught in a pinch to use formula 409. Wonder if they still make
that stuff.
Formula 409 has a caution about using on GLASS.
I believe it will etch glass if not properly flushed off.

Since I have Glass and Xtal heads, 409 would be a no-no in my book

[Scott Dorsey]

Steve Urbach wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:38:29 -0400, david correia
wrote:

I was taught in a pinch to use formula 409. Wonder if they still make
that stuff.
Formula 409 has a caution about using on GLASS.
I believe it will etch glass if not properly flushed off.

Since I have Glass and Xtal heads, 409 would be a no-no in my book

They're actually ferrite. Formula 409 is mostly just 2-butoxyethanol
anyway (the same as the Ace Hardware Degreaser).... its main purpose is
to break down fats. It shouldn't hurt anything but it probably won't be
all that effective on tape residue.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Scott Dorsey wrote:
Steve Urbach wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:38:29 -0400, david correia
wrote:

I was taught in a pinch to use formula 409. Wonder if they still make
that stuff.
Formula 409 has a caution about using on GLASS.
I believe it will etch glass if not properly flushed off.

Since I have Glass and Xtal heads, 409 would be a no-no in my book

They're actually ferrite. Formula 409 is mostly just 2-butoxyethanol
anyway (the same as the Ace Hardware Degreaser).... its main purpose is
to break down fats. It shouldn't hurt anything but it probably won't be
all that effective on tape residue.

Some harsher cleaners, full strength Castrol Superclean, Greased
Lightning, most
are highly alkaline, etch glass and other things.

I was just looking at my can of Ampex head cleaner, Trichoroethane and
Xylene mixed,


Greg