I have a TASCAM MS-16, 16 track, one inch recorder and a while back, I was
playing some older Ampex 456 stock that had the dreaded "sticky shed"
syndrome. The gunk got on the heads, guides and the pinch roller.

I managed to clean off all the caked on oxide on all the metal parts of the
tape path with isopropyl alcohol but the pinch roller had pieces of tape and
oxide that literally glued itself to the rubber and nothing I tried could
remove the gunk.

I had red elsewhere, ( on the old TASCAM bbs, now defunct), that many people
there were recommending and using Caig's RBR cleaner and so, I ordered a can
of it an tried it.

To make a long story short; It worked! It cleaned all the crud off the
roller and reduced the shinny look of it as well that was starting to build
up on it.

I would highly recommend it for any older TASCAM reel to reel recorders out
there from the same or similar vintage as mine.
"CCartCat" wrote in message
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From what I can tell, TASCAM no longer sells Rubber Cleaner for
cleaning/conditioning pinch rollers.

But looking around online, I saw CAIG Rubber Cleaner/Conditioner, CaiKleen
RBR.
Anyone have any experience using this on pinch rollers--is it a suitable
replacement for the TASCAM cleaner?

Was also curious if the CaiKleen NF formulation (or anything else) was a
good
substitute for the TASCAM head cleaner?

Google turned up a couple of stray hits, but I'm looking for a more direct
confirmation like "oh yeah, sure, I use the CaiKleen RBR on pinch rollers
all
the time--no prob". Trying to make double sure . . .

Thanks,
Kevin Seward




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