What do you people use for tape cleaning ?

There's a swab that's flat and has a non-fibrous chanois like material on them that you can get for cassette and vcr heads that work really well too but you usually have to buy 2 or 3 dozen at a time. -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Bruce Lane Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 9:12 AM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: What do you people use for tape cleaning ? At 09:26 01-03-2001 +0200, you wrote: <snip> Been using 99% isopropyl alky here for years. No problems to date. The only thing I will say is that you shouldn't use standard Q-tips for swabs. They're loosely wound, and come apart way too easily. Use either foam swabs, or cotton-tippers that are explicitly designed for cleaning tape heads (tight-wound, long wooden sticks). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Bruce Lane, Owner and head honcho, Blue Feather Technologies http://www.bluefeathertech.com // E-mail: kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com Amateur Radio: WD6EOS since Dec. '77 (Extra class as of June-2K) "I'll get a life when someone demonstrates to me that it would be superior to what I have now..." (Gym Z. Quirk, aka Taki Kogoma).