Great video! I have just watched half a dozen or more of these instructionals and seen "techniques" that make me shudder. Nothing that could shed lint should be used, in my humble opinion. So I'm ordering some chamois sticks right now. Thanks for posting!
Never ever move the chamois up or down while cleaning the drum! Doing this will ruin your head drum! Also a piece of standard writing paper is easier for most people to obtain and use. Other than that....good video 👍
@@danhughesartist Yes. Hold the chamois/ writing paper up against the head drum and rotate the head drum manually for 5-6 rotations - not moving the chamois/ writing paper up or down.
I have always used the Chamios Sticks for cleaning the heads of the VCR's, and there Is a Dog leg one, that Is great for getting at Compact Cassette heads as well. I too have watched loads of these so called Professional head cleaning video's with complete horror, as the Cotton Bud (Q-Tip) runs over the heads. That's 4 Heads Two Video and Two Hi-Fi Stereo left and right channel's as a 4 head player would be 8 heads. Get It.
already clean the head few times,but when put tape for play it will play few seconds and then no more picture only showing- problem head status-,what to do?
What about that black cylinder at the end? Do we wipe that too? I noticed some white specs on the silver cylinder under the rotating piece. Should we wipe that?
That black cylinder is called the pinch roller, and yes you should clean that too. Sometimes these rubber parts tend to dry up or deteriorate as they age. When that happens, Rubber Renue should help restoring the condition of the roller. Ideally you should clean the entire tape path including the lower drum (the bottom half of the head drum that's stationary).
Yes, you should also clean it. You do not want it to become shiny or it will start to eat your tapes, it should still feel rubbery and soft, not hard and shiny.
Very Well Presented And Very Well Explained, Yes I Clean My Video Machines This Way. Thank You For Uploading This Video Full Marks.
Darren.
Great video!
I have just watched half a dozen or more of these instructionals and seen "techniques" that make me shudder. Nothing that could shed lint should be used, in my humble opinion. So I'm ordering some chamois sticks right now. Thanks for posting!
Thank you so much for the heads up on the q-tips every other video I watched That's all they used was q-tips
Great close-ups with the instruction, thanks for posting.
Never ever move the chamois up or down while cleaning the drum! Doing this will ruin your head drum!
Also a piece of standard writing paper is easier for most people to obtain and use.
Other than that....good video 👍
Ben, Would you just hold it still against the drum them and just restate the drum?
@@danhughesartist Yes. Hold the chamois/ writing paper up against the head drum and rotate the head drum manually for 5-6 rotations - not moving the chamois/ writing paper up or down.
@@bencooper4161 why NOT to move the chamois stick up or down ?
@@ACommenterOnUA-cam Horizontal pressure thru tape movement is part of the design. Not so for vertical.
I have always used the Chamios Sticks for cleaning the heads of the VCR's, and there Is a Dog leg one, that Is great for getting at Compact Cassette heads as well. I too have watched loads of these so called Professional head cleaning video's with complete horror, as the Cotton Bud (Q-Tip) runs over the heads. That's 4 Heads Two Video and Two Hi-Fi Stereo left and right channel's as a 4 head player would be 8 heads. Get It.
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Make sure everything is dry before you play a tape.
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06.12.2019
the best way to clean the heads are using turps
already clean the head few times,but when put tape for play it will play few seconds and then no more picture only showing- problem head status-,what to do?
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Do the VHS head cleaner tapes work?
What about that black cylinder at the end? Do we wipe that too? I noticed some white specs on the silver cylinder under the rotating piece. Should we wipe that?
That black cylinder is called the pinch roller, and yes you should clean that too. Sometimes these rubber parts tend to dry up or deteriorate as they age. When that happens, Rubber Renue should help restoring the condition of the roller. Ideally you should clean the entire tape path including the lower drum (the bottom half of the head drum that's stationary).
Yes, you should also clean it.
You do not want it to become shiny or it will start to eat your tapes, it should still feel rubbery and soft, not hard and shiny.
Don't use alcohol/head cleaner on the rubber pinch roller as this will dry it out. Use a rubber cleaner and conditioner like Teac Rubber Cleaner RC-1.