VCR head cleaning

[Boothbay]

I still have one of those video cleaning tapes, but the spray bottle
has emptied...most likely dried out for lack of use. Would rubbing
alcohol do in its place?

[Deke]

Post by Boothbay
I still have one of those video cleaning tapes, but the spray bottle
has emptied...most likely dried out for lack of use. Would rubbing
alcohol do in its place?

Yes.

[C***@webtv.net]

I may be wrong but most rubbing alcohol has oil in it.I use 100% alcohol
from the Pharmacy,expensive at $6 a bottle but no oil.Pharmacy also
sells 90% for alot less but I'm not sure if the water makes a
difference.

12 MILLION PEOPLE CAN'T BE WRONG

BIG" L"

[BTB]

Can I use surgical spirit?

[Aris]

Post by BTB
Can I use surgical spirit?

I'd say that 98 times out of 100 when my heads get clogged, I can
unclog them simply by playing a good quality, low pass HG tape (with
or without a signal) for 30 seconds.

Not long ago, I bought on eBay a small lot of refill bottles of video
head cleaner and I use that on that rare occasion I actually have to
pop off the top to clean the heads.

If I didn't have that though, I'd just use 90% alcohol. So far as
residue, we're talking about molecules and my senses won't be able to
tell the difference between that and some pure solvent I have to go to
a chemical supplier to buy.

[Deke]

Post by Aris

Post by BTB
Can I use surgical spirit?

I'd say that 98 times out of 100 when my heads get clogged, I can
unclog them simply by playing a good quality, low pass HG tape (with
or without a signal) for 30 seconds.
Not long ago, I bought on eBay a small lot of refill bottles of video
head cleaner and I use that on that rare occasion I actually have to
pop off the top to clean the heads.
If I didn't have that though, I'd just use 90% alcohol. So far as
residue, we're talking about molecules and my senses won't be able to
tell the difference between that and some pure solvent I have to go to
a chemical supplier to buy.

Got invited to a party back in the late 80's, to watch a friends vacation
tape (that was the "in" thing to do back then).
He put the tape in, it played for about 2 minutes, then dissolved into snow.
Knowing what the problem was, I asked if he had a cleaning
tape......NO.....do you have any alcohol?........NO.......Do you have
anything with alcohol in it?
I ended up opening the machine, and cleaning the heads with British Sterling
aftershave, and a piece of a brown paper sack. Put the machine back
together, and we finished watching the 2 hour tape.

D

[b]

Post by Boothbay
I still have one of those video cleaning tapes, but the spray bottle
has emptied...most likely dried out for lack of use. Would rubbing
alcohol do in its place?

No. use only pure alcohol from a chemists'

-B