Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: Cleaning VCR head(s)
Message-ID: <1990Aug20.012111.3419@zoo.toronto.edu>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <28626@netnews.upenn.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 90 01:21:11 GMT

In article <28626@netnews.upenn.edu> depolo@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeff DePolo) writes:
>... the long foam-tipped swabs and 90% isopropyl alcohol, aka 2-propanol
>(kinda hard to find - most isopropyl alcohol in the drug stores is 70%).
>I would definately suggest NOT using cotton swabs...

A further caution:  use cleaning fluids specifically meant for head cleaning,
not whatever your drugstore sells as rubbing alcohol.  You want something
with zero, repeat zero, residue after evaporation, and generic isopropanol
usually doesn't meet that spec.
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