OT: Cleaning video head on my Betamax VCR

[Mogens Kjaer]

Thompson Freeman wrote:
...
> As solvents, it is my impression that isopropyl alcohol and ethanol are 
> very similar. As such, I'm curious if the video engineers have tried 
> it.
> 

In my spare time (!) I'm involved in a society for restoration
of old, Danish computers.

We have a ½" 9-track tape drive (with SCSI interface, connected to
a Fedora box, bringing it a bit on-topic again).

Some times when reading old magtapes, the heads become very dirty.

This drive is cleaned regularly with isopropanol (2-propanol).

Mogens
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