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From: hugh@hcrvx1.UUCP (Hugh Redelmeier)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: cleaning cassette pinch rollers
Message-ID: <1091@hcrvx1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 22-Jan-85 10:00:24 EST
Article-I.D.: hcrvx1.1091
Posted: Tue Jan 22 10:00:24 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 23-Jan-85 02:03:29 EST
Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto
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I want to clean my cassette deck's pinch rollers.  I have been told
that alcohol dries rubber and rubber-like stuff out, so don't
use it.  In my investigation, I have been told the following
facts/factoids by various unreliable sources.
- isopropyl alcohol is OK
- lighter fluid is great (a Radio Shack person said this,
  suggesting I not buy the RS "Freon TF" stuff because the
  lighter fluid is cheaper)
- at RS, the isopropyl is roughly twice as expensive as the
  stuff with "Freon TF" (trifluoroethane??)
- the Akai tape cleaning kit from a discount HiFi store
  (with two bottles of liquid, one for metal parts, one
  for rubber, and some swabs) costs about 7 time what the
  RS Freon TF stuff does (the bottles are bigger, but not
  that much)
So: what is the advice of the net?  Mail to me; I will post
a summary if warranted