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I would like to find an easy source for rubber cleaner/rejuvinator for
cleaning things like pinch rollers on tape decks. Tascam used to sell a
roller cleaner which would clean but not dry out rubber rollers as alcohol
does.

Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?


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Sound Fella
 
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Try M.G. Chemicals' Rubber Renue. "Rejuvinates and conditions rubber.
Excellent for use on rollers, belts, and platens.


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I would like to find an easy source for rubber cleaner/rejuvinator for
cleaning things like pinch rollers on tape decks. Tascam used to sell a
roller cleaner which would clean but not dry out rubber rollers as alcohol
does.

Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?



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Scott Dorsey
 
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In article tOHzb.425030$Fm2.427804@attbi_s04, Rob wrote:
I would like to find an easy source for rubber cleaner/rejuvinator for
cleaning things like pinch rollers on tape decks. Tascam used to sell a
roller cleaner which would clean but not dry out rubber rollers as alcohol
does.


Do you want a cleaner or a rejuvenator? For what kind of rubber?

Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?


Methyl acetate will soften rollers a bit, as will Fedron, but once they
start to glaze, they are gone.

For cleaning, water, or water and a little Formula 409 is fine. If you
want to use the same cleaner on the heads and the roller, Head, Red, and
Roll cleaner from Precision Motor Works is some sort of halocarbon which
behaves pretty much the way old Freon TF did. It's a lot more expensive
than isopropanol, though.
--scott
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Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?


Methyl acetate will soften rollers a bit, as will Fedron, but once they
start to glaze, they are gone.

For cleaning, water, or water and a little Formula 409 is fine. If you
want to use the same cleaner on the heads and the roller, Head, Red, and
Roll cleaner from Precision Motor Works is some sort of halocarbon which
behaves pretty much the way old Freon TF did. It's a lot more expensive
than isopropanol, though.



I don't know about rejuvinating but I use the "Head, Red, and Roll"
cleaner from Precision Motor Works on my rollers, isopropal on the
heads and tape path.


http://precisionmotorworks.com/products.htm down near the bottom links
a pdf on the product.



David Correia
Celebration Sound
Warren, Rhode Island


www.CelebrationSound.com
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david wrote:
In article , Scott Dorsey
wrote:

Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?


Methyl acetate will soften rollers a bit, as will Fedron, but once they
start to glaze, they are gone.

For cleaning, water, or water and a little Formula 409 is fine. If you
want to use the same cleaner on the heads and the roller, Head, Red, and
Roll cleaner from Precision Motor Works is some sort of halocarbon which
behaves pretty much the way old Freon TF did. It's a lot more expensive
than isopropanol, though.


I don't know about rejuvinating but I use the "Head, Red, and Roll"
cleaner from Precision Motor Works on my rollers, isopropal on the
heads and tape path.


Try it on the heads and tape path too! It gets gunk off with less elbow
grease than isopropanol. Way more money, though.
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."


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mr c deckard
 
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i'll second this. i buy it from the local electronics store for $3.95/3.5oz.


cheers,
chris deckard



Try M.G. Chemicals' Rubber Renue. "Rejuvinates and conditions rubber.
Excellent for use on rollers, belts, and platens.


"Rob" wrote in message
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I would like to find an easy source for rubber cleaner/rejuvinator for
cleaning things like pinch rollers on tape decks. Tascam used to sell a
roller cleaner which would clean but not dry out rubber rollers as alcohol
does.

Does anyone know of an easily obtainable product that can clean/rejuvinate
rubber pinch rollers?

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Pooh Bear wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

For cleaning, water, or water and a little Formula 409 is fine. If you
want to use the same cleaner on the heads and the roller, Head, Red, and
Roll cleaner from Precision Motor Works is some sort of halocarbon which
behaves pretty much the way old Freon TF did. It's a lot more expensive
than isopropanol, though.


Water and isopropan2ol for me. There's some good technical 'detergents' out
there for stubborn stuff too.


Isopropanol will damage natural rubber. It won't hurt urethane and it won't
hurt neoprene, so on most things i'll be fine but occasionally you'll find
something where it's not so good.
-scott

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Pooh Bear wrote:
Scott Dorsey wrote:

Isopropanol will damage natural rubber. It won't hurt urethane and it won't
hurt neoprene, so on most things i'll be fine but occasionally you'll find
something where it's not so good.


True, although I don't recall ever coming across natural rubber for pinch
rollers. Just possibly perhaps. Would Ampex 350/351s have used natural rubber ?
Maybe we used Freon to clean them ?


350s and original 440s also. But, the Sono-Mag aftermarket ones for the
440s were okay with isopropanol.

Probably any natural rubber rollers have been long replaced, I dunno.

As a kid I once tried cleaning the heads on an early Philips cassette machine.
Couldn't afford / didn't know of isopranol back then, so used meths, as I had on
my dear old Ferrorgraph with no probs.

Rec / rep head fell apart ! Made of some nasty plastic. It was knackered anyway
thankfully.


There was some discussion of plastic cassette deck heads and solvent problems
on the Ampex mailing list a few years ago, which came out of the discussion
of why Ampex recommended xylene as the standard head cleaning material.

(Xylene is really effective at removing deposits, even sticky shed stuff,
but it's a lot more hazardous for your body than freon, which is why it
got pretty much replaced with Freon TF).
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
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William Sommerwerck
 
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You might also look up Fedron, a rubber restorer.
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Scott Dorsey
 
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Buster Mudd wrote:
Anyone ever use Nortronics QM108? "Specially formulated to clean
magnetic heads, pinch rollers, and capstans." I bought two 8oz. cans
of it in 1984 & STILL have some left! That's been my go-to goo for
rubber rollers & all tape path components, never had a problem with
it...but have rarely seen anyone else use it.


It's just TF. Hold on to it.
--scott

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