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Journal Article 
Newspaper 
VIDEO; Video Head Cleaners Clean Up Their Act 
Fantel, H 
1987 
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New York Times
ISSN: 0362-4331
EISSN: 1553-8095 
New York Times Company 
A.30 
It is true that a certain amount of abrasion is inevitable in cleaning of any kind. ''You can't wash a car by just running water over it,'' says Paul Perez of Recoton, a leading manufacturer of audio and video cleaning devices. ''But if you have to scrub, the trick is not to do it too much or too hard.'' That's precisely where present VCR cleaners differ from earlier ones. Most VCR cleaners are regular video cassettes loaded with a ribbon of specially formulated cleaning cloth in place of the normal tape. Unlike earlier models, many current designs employ a fluid that acts both as a lubricant to minimize destructive friction and as a detergent to loosen encrusted dirt. Typically, this fluid is applied to the cleaning cassette through small holes in its housing. Another design using a mixture of isopropyl alcohol and freon as cleaning fluid is Allsop's Model 60100 ($14.95), in which the fluid is applied to the tape through holes spaced so as to alternate wet and dry patches on the cleaning tape for optimum effect. Scotch tape has a particularly clever cleaner that displays a signal on the screen when the heads are free of dust and magnetic debris ($19.95). 
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