[BC] Tape deck issue/cleaning solutions

[Robert Reymont]

You can still find it a drugstores but sometimes it takes a 
search.  Just bought some this week at my local Walgreens.

At 11:27 AM 9/19/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>Some of the electronic supply houses have 99.9% isopropyl alcohol.  I
>remember getting 99% at the drug store before, but, not now.
>
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>In a message dated 09/19/2006 09:58:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
>kzerocx at rapidcity.net writes:
>
> > I have had very good luck with isopropyl alcohol (isopropanol), which
>has no
> >  additives, unless you buy isopropyl rubbing alcohol, which as stated
> >  previously, is 30% water.  Isopropyl is also about the best flux
>remover I
> >  have found.
>
>When I can find it, I buy the 91% isopropyl. The stuff is definitely one
>of
>the best electronics cleaning solvents for the buck! With only about 9%
>water,
>it evaporates *very* quickly and cleanly. That tiny film of water (which
>is
>pure) doesn't take long, either. Just a few seconds longer than the
>alcohol,
>with a little breeze blowing on it.
>
>They used to sell 32oz bottles of it at Stop & Shop. Then they stopped.
>They
>also started putting "Sudafed" behind the counter. The whole thing was a
>
>mystery to me, until I found out that these are common ingredients in
>the
>manufature of "Meth". Good grief. Now you can't get original "Sudafed"
>anymore, they
>have something else. (I also heard that the original formula had some
>nasty
>side-effects, so this makes sense.) Still, finding the 91% alcohol has
>become a
>bit of a challenge. I've seen 12oz bottles at Walgreens, and scarfed
>them when I
>can find them. I use a spray bottle to get it down into the nooks and
>crannies of circuit boards, and it really does a great job at getting
>the gunk out.
>It even works on oily residues, etc. (But man, does it stink! Highly
>flammable,
>too!)
>
>I was able to resurrect my computer's printer by washing it with hot
>water,
>then giving it a good dose of 91% isopropyl. That displaced the water
>and
>rinsed away the rest of the gunk. I figured it this way: If this makes
>it worse, no
>loss, as the thing wasn't working too well. I would just be tossing it
>anyway. If it fixes it, I've saved $89! Well, it worked great! The thing
>is like
>new, and yes, I was quite pleasantly surprised. :)
>
>Ah, yes- another thing that isopropyl is *very* good at removing: Pen
>ink.
>Read: Graffiti. It also does a good job of removing "permanent" magic
>marker,
>too, and printer ink from your hands.
>
>Willie...
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Robert Reymont
Double R Consulting, Inc.
P.O. Box 42277
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