Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

Thanks

"BigWallop" wrote in message
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Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)



Unless it's a fancy one I bet a new VCR from Tesco is cheaper than the head
cleaner :-)

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"BigWallop" wrote in message
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Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see
if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)



Unless it's a fancy one I bet a new VCR from Tesco is cheaper than the
head
cleaner :-)



If you bought it from somewhere like ASDA, and it is still under gaurantee,
take it bake as faulty and they'll exchange it for a newer one or give you
your money back. Surprising how many people do that !!!!

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Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

For the best result, take the lid off and do it yourself. Spinning the
heads by hand with a piece of clean white paper pressed gently against
the drum is a recommended technique. Then clean the capstan, pinch wheel
and sound/control heads with isopropanol.

--
Tim Mitchell

Tim Mitchell wrote:

For the best result, take the lid off and do it yourself. Spinning the
heads by hand with a piece of clean white paper pressed gently against
the drum is a recommended technique. Then clean the capstan, pinch wheel
and sound/control heads with isopropanol.


I usually apply a little isopropanol to the paper first, to remove any
deposits, then use another piece to "dry" it.
It's basically the same method as the paper cleaning tapes...

Lee
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In article , BigWallop
writes
Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

For the best result, take the lid off and do it yourself. Spinning the
heads by hand with a piece of clean white paper pressed gently against the
drum is a recommended technique. Then clean the capstan, pinch wheel and
sound/control heads with isopropanol.

--
Tim Mitchell

OOPs and then goes a broken head

Bill

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 02:53:21 GMT, "BigWallop"
wrote:

Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

Thanks


I've always found head cleaners to be like a chocolate teapot.

Take the cover off and use cotton buds moistened with isopropanol to
clean the head, guides and rotating components in the tape path.





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In article ,
"BigWallop" writes:
Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

The first VCR cleaning tape I bought was a cloth one.
After having used it, I spent a couple of hours taking
the VCR apart so I could use tweezers to remove all the
fabric strands caught on the video heads, and never
used it again.

Now, I take the VCR apart and use cotten buds with
alcohol to clean the tape path and drum surface, but
carefully avoid the actual heads. I use a cleaning
tape (the type which looks like real VCR tape, but is
presumably slightly abrasive) to clean the head surface.
You can also get head cleaning sticks. You have to be
very careful cleaning the heads though as they are
extremely fragile. Clean by holding the stick stationary
against the drum and rotating the drum back and forth.
Applying force to the head surface in any other direction
can easily snap the tiny cores in the heads.

--
Andrew Gabriel

"BigWallop" wrote in message
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Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

Thanks



best one I found was the scotch head cleaner, you just play the tape and
when the writing on screen is clear and the sound is ok the job is done.

mrcheerful

mrcheerful . wrote:
"BigWallop" wrote in message
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Hi folks

Looking for a decent VCR head cleaner. All suggestions welcome to see if
there are any I haven't tried yet. :-)

Thanks




best one I found was the scotch head cleaner, you just play the tape and
when the writing on screen is clear and the sound is ok the job is done.

mrcheerful


I'll second the Scotch. Works well for normal build up of oxide. Got
about 30 VHS at work!! Heavy clogging; go for the cotton buds, but
don't be too surprised if that's the end of the recorder.

Andrew