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From: wgb@inuxj.UUCP (Walter Burton)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Video tape destroys VHS VCR
Message-ID: <346@inuxj.UUCP>
Date: 31 Jan 89 22:43:43 GMT
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> to break if you push on them wrong.  One of the "cleaning cassettes"
> might well do the job.  I have a preference for the wet kind (you
> drip some cleaning solution on the cleaning band before running
> the cassette in your machine), but the dry kind works well too.
                                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

As someone who worked with VHS decks extensively in college,  I would
highly reccomend not using the dry type of cleaner.  These so-called
"Head Cleaning Tapes" are more like "Head Sanding Tapes".  The wet
kind is preferable but still can cause you problems.  
	Best yet spend the extra money to have VCR heads cleaned 
right or it could cost you some real cash (anybody know what current
VHS heads cost?) when you have to replace the heads or tape deck.

> A truely-reluctant clog will have to be cleaned by a technician.
YOU BETCHA!

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