clean your pinch roller... with gasoline!

[Sir Trefor]

The other day I got an old Craig portable reel-to-reel machine at a thrift store; quite a find, still has all the accesories; and as I was browsing through the 1961 instruction manual... It said that an alternative chemical to clean your rubber pinch roller with is, yes-, gasoline.

I have brought up this thread purely for amusement. I wouldn't clean any rubber parts with gasoline nowadays; as it contains ethenol, rubber's nemesis.

-Trevor

 

[rpapps]

I've been using acetone for many years with no bad effects.
Cheers
Rob

 

[carlosfm]

I've been using acetone for many years with no bad effects.
Cheers
Rob

As long as you don't touch any plastic parts on the mechanism, it's ok.
Isopropyl alcohol can be used too.

I hope this doesn't land in Texas too...?!

 

[dshoaf]

Use to know a radio station engineer....

who used Everclear to clean just about any roller in the place. Of course, he's nip at it himself occasionally.......

It does work well and leave *no* residue.

Cheers,

David