Date   : Thu, 23 Oct 2003 18:44:39 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Cleaning Drive heads / Disc disaster

On Oct 23, 14:37, Jon Ripley wrote:

> Ispropyl alcohol can, IMHO, be very hard to obtain because of the
abuse
> potential and toxicity - blindness then death.

It's not all that toxic, about twice the TLV of methy alcohol.  But,
yes, it's certainly open to abuse.  However, it's readily available
from all of the electronics suppliers (especially CPC).

> If there is a removable metal box surrounding the head that won't
quite
> go back on, they can usually be remounted securely with blu-tack.

Blu-tak creeps, and eventually goes hard and loses its stickyness.  A
better solution is a tiny amount of cool-melt glue, or a spot of
Pritt-Stick adhesive.  Best of all is a drop of clear contact adhesive
(UHU or Bostik).

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York