On Saturday 20 April 2013 19:35:33 Fons Adriaensen did opine: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 04:16:10PM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Another voice of experience from having attended the wars, thanks > > Fons. > > Another essential tool is a bottle of acetone and earbuds > to clean out the thick layers of soldering flux that some > butchers leave... > > Ciao, Defacto std part of the kit Fons, don't get in the pickup without it. I made a false assumption that everyone knew it because I did. But with all the meth labs about, I sure get sideways looks when I haul a gallon of both that and alcohol to the register at ACE Hdwe. To me they are just cleaning fluids. And I buy your 'ear buds', aka q-tips, single ended 6" wooden sticks with a ball of cotton on one end, in 1000 piece cartons from Sherwood Medical at the pharmacy. Around a tv station, a carton might last half a year, and the 2 quart cans of solvents I refill from the gallon cans will get refilled in a couple months each. I never ever stick a dirty one back in the can either. We used to use freon TF for tape head cleaning too, but when they started yelling about the ozone layer, I switched to alcohol, and found that the 2x a day or better job was only needed maybe once a week when using alky. What the diff was, I don't know, but it sure cut down on the work, and much much more importantly, the make-goods because the head clogged up in the middle of the latest Ford commercial. Cheers, Gene -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) My web page: <http://coyoteden.dyndns-free.com:85/gene> is up! My views <http://www.armchairpatriot.com/What%20Has%20America%20Become.shtml> QOTD: "When she hauled ass, it took three trips." A pen in the hand of this president is far more dangerous than a gun in the hands of 200 million law-abiding citizens. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
