[filmscanners] Re: OT-Restoring rubber rollers on printers...

["Bob Shomler" <bobf1@shomler.com>]

>I wish I still had the TEAC tape cleaning kit I had back in the early 80's.
>I have no idea what the rubber cleaner was that was in it, but it removed
>all manner of junk from cassette and RTR pinch rollers, and did a brilliant
>job of restoring the rubber to a useful condition.  I imagine the same stuff
>would work wonders on printer rollers.  Maybe someone else on the list
>remembers what the product is?  I just remember it reeked and was NOT the
>basic alcohol most cleaners use.
>
>Rob

Weren't some of the cleaners then TCE?  (In the 60s I recall some that were 
Carbon tet; I think they were gone by the 80s.)  Some others in the 60s and 70s 
were MEK, but I don't recall them being used for rubber or mag tape parts.

--
Bob Shomler
http://www.shomler.com/

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