I use Q-tips and 99% alcohol--not rubbing alcohol. Keep the alcohol out of bearings and don't use it on rubber parts. I clean pinch rollers with formula 409, usually in the wipe form for reel-to-reel, but a little can go on a Q-tip for cassettes.
Hi everyone. I've been lurking on here for a little while, and I have a quick question about head cleaning an audio cassette recorder/player. What should I use to do this? Are the cheap $5 store-bought (well, web-bought in my case, since a lot of stores don't sell cassette stuff anymore) head cleaner cassettes okay? If so, which is better, wet or dry? Or should I just clean the machine's parts with a Q-Tip and rubbing alcohol like my trusty big sister used to always tell me?
Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Vignettes Media web: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/ Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX