From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!duke!unc!mcnc!jwb Newsgroups: net.audio Title: Re: Tape recorder maintainence Article-I.D.: mcnc.1449 Posted: Mon Jan 3 21:42:16 1983 Received: Tue Jan 4 04:05:18 1983 References: hou5a.197,watcgl.88 When I was in broadcasting, we thought ethanol was better than isopropyl. The respones about water based cleaner leads me to make a confession. I have cleaned heads with Vodka during parties where nothing else was readily available. It seemed to work well, although we were also drinking the Vodka.