Went to Radio Crack today to pick up some Deoxit, they apparently have replaced it with a house brand tuner cleaner, anyone tried it? or should I order the real Deoxit online? Immediate application would be to clean up connections on a wiring harness on an old car that I will be installing within the next week or so, but I also have some old audio stuff kicking around that will eventually need cleaned up...
nate
Hi, Test it first whichever you use. Somre attacks plastics.
I haven't tried the stuff in the store but I have to say that Deoxit - D5 is *the* stuff. I can't remember what the last can of stuff I had was, but 4-5 yrs ago somebody turned me on to Deoxit & I couldn't believe the difference. I can't understand why they have it *only* on the web.
Jim
=3D=3D The banned freons worked the best...all the new cleaners are a piece of crap that shouldn't even be used as they impart stickiness and don't clean worth a hoot. =3D=3D
Just be sure to choose the Radio Shack tuner cleaner made for _color_ TVs. :) They used to sell B&W and color versions, and I noticed no difference except price.
Oh my God, I remember the horror's of dealing with mechanical TV tuners. A friend of mine ran a TV tuner repair/rebuild franchise where TV shops sent tuners to be rebuilt. He had a couple of ultrasonic cleaning vats from hell that took all the gunk off anything dropped in them. The electronic supply houses back in the 1970's sold all sorts of different miracle TV tuner cleaners. It was a fun time back then. Quite often we would take a TV set out back and fog it with insecticide then watch the roaches run in all directions.
TDD
Then, check your air in your tires with a "Radial" tire gage.
I've seen window AC full of roaches.
One elderly TV guy used to swear by WD-40 as tuner cleaner.
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