The demagnetising aspect of the tape works as advertised also, restoring crisp highs and lowering the noise floor of both decks. Removable doors are generally only found on middle to high end home units and on very old shoebox style portables.

People have recommended MEK( methyl ethyl ketone) although on crystalloy Nakamichi heads I'd be skeptical using that. It may still give you months-years of service but it is going to eventually dry rot and crack or turn to soft goop. The 20 ml bottle of high-quality cleaning fluid offers a safe and effective way to continue to enjoy your movies.IPA is safer than other stronger solvents which might instantaneously kill rubber parts if they spill. Anyway, how are you going to clean the path of a side loading or, especially, "very special kind" mechanism (like those which do auto reverse by flipping the cassette itself)? These are printed up ourselves and showcase the posibilities of our UV LED printer with most of it being transparent but also featuring a partial white base print and a spot gloss layer over the rainbow and logo itself. What I have always done is after giving the machine a thorough cleaning using rubbing alcohol, I follow up with another pass using just clean, dry, Q-tips.

If ignored, it just keeps caking on reducing the highs in the audio at first and progressively making the sound muddier. Neither appeared particularly dirty, but the audible improvement in both cases was particularly noticeable. Alcohol (usually isopropyl alcohol or rubbing alcohol), effective for cleaning heads and guide rollers. The cheap ones can be frustrating as they dont have enough cotton on the end or it comes off easily.These 4 or 5-star reviews represent the opinions of the individuals who posted them and do not reflect the views of Etsy. com, the Sell on Etsy app, and the Etsy app, as well as the electricity that powers Etsy’s global offices and employees working remotely from home in the US. The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings.

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Worst case scenario the tape is skewed, pulled at an angle, which permanently damages it by leaving creases. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

I've been using the same rubbing alcohol since I made my first mixtape in the 1980's and never had an issue. Run through the deck for about 30 seconds, unless longer is needed, to help clean up the cassette head and capstans. Enjoy your tapes but don't forget to clean more regularly when listening to cassettes made in the 60's and 70's or off brand stuff as they are just as bad. All in all I do not really recommend isopropyl alcohol( 70 % alcohol) unless the concentration is much mush higher. The pinch roller is a rubber roller that presses the tape against the capstan shaft to control tape speed and keep it steady when playing or recording.They mention that it does a brilliant job, the tapes sound great and that the playback of tapes afterwards was lovely. Compact Cassette-shaped devices that can be inserted into tape decks and played for a short time to polish the recording heads to remove smudges and dirt. If the machine has mechanical controls that engage even when the power is off, you can use this to put the machine in play. For a real in depth look at different cassette formulations and some history check out this instructable. All rights reserved, no use of any element incorporated into this site without express written permission.