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Kevin Hassall
Master Film Handler

Posts: 438
From: Walsall, England
Registered: Dec 2010

posted September 23, 2014 06:34 AM

hiya guys what do i use for cleaning the sound head on my st1200

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Andrew Woodcock
Film God

Posts: 7477
From: Manchester Uk
Registered: Aug 2012

posted September 23, 2014 06:39 AM

"Isoclene" is a really professional excellent product for this job. Reference it on the internet for best price as there are many who stock this. Use with a cotton bud.

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Kevin Hassall
Master Film Handler

Posts: 438
From: Walsall, England
Registered: Dec 2010

posted September 23, 2014 08:39 AM

i was wondering if they sell it at maplin thank you buddy

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Maurice Leakey
Film God

Posts: 5895
From: Bristol. United Kingdom
Registered: Oct 2007

posted September 23, 2014 09:24 AM

Isoclene is claimed to be 99.7% pure. I use Isopropyl Alcohol which states that it's 99.9% pure.

A 1 litre bottle will last for ages. I use it for removing sticky tape residue from film ends, cleaning old film cans, magnetic sound heads, rubber rollers and many other items.

Film can also be cleaned. Use a rewind to pass it slowly through a dampened cloth, this is for the applied chemical to dry before reaching the take-up spool.

It is sold by Amazon UK.

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Terry Sills
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1423
From: Weymouth,Dorset,England
Registered: Oct 2012

posted September 24, 2014 01:15 PM

Maurice
Wow! 99% pure alcohol. I bet you go to bed happy after using that stuff!

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Dominique De Bast
Film God

Posts: 4486
From: Brussels, Belgium
Registered: Jun 2013

posted September 24, 2014 03:19 PM

For some unknown reason, they sell now alcool at 70 % in Belgium for domestic purposes and no longer pure alcool.

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Flavio Stabile
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 707
From: Roma, Italia
Registered: Feb 2005

posted September 25, 2014 12:51 PM

I use this one...

http://www.am azon.it/ISOPROPANOLO-PER-PULIZIA-PURO-ISOPROPILICO/dp/B001C5EVWK/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1411667209&sr=1-3&keywords=alcool+isopropilico

which is 99,5%

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Paul Browning
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1006
From: West Midlands United Kingdom
Registered: Aug 2011

posted September 25, 2014 01:57 PM

Is this not just cassette tape head cleaner?, bib did these and
radio shack and most probably Maplin too. Check Ebay, you won't need more than the small bottle in the kit, they come with tape to repair your cassette tapes and cotton buds and felt pads.

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Kevin Hassall
Master Film Handler

Posts: 438
From: Walsall, England
Registered: Dec 2010

posted September 25, 2014 02:11 PM

thank you all ever so much for your kind information dont know what i would do without this great forum [Razz]

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