Look in the yellow pages for firms dealing with industrial or hospital
lab supplies.
Shai
On 18/01/12 17:51, Gregorio Garcia Karman wrote:
>> Hi Gregorio
>> I have been using IPA for 33 years without a problem. You can get it at any drug store.
> Thanks to all responses, 99% Isopropanol seems the way most of you have used successfully.
>
> Unfortunately it is not so easy to get a hold on ISA here. I have been asking around all pharmacies, chemists etc. in Cambridge with the same answer: its a restricted substance which cannot be sold without a license... Does anyone in the UK have a tip to where to get a hold on, lets say a 100ml flask?
>
> Cheers
>
>> On 17/01/12 17:24, Gregorio Garcia Karman wrote:
>>> Dear list.
>>>
>>> I need some advice on cleaning the heads of two Studer A67 and B67 machines. The recommendations I have received from two different professionals are:
>>>
>>> - Isopropilic alcohol 99 %
>>> - A mix of 89 % xylene, 11% Tricholoethane.
>>>
>>> I have found some denaturalized alcohol from a colleague from the conservation department of a museum nextdoor or 80% isopropilic alcohol from Maplin. The easiest would be to stick to one of the latter, but I am looking for the professional solution and don't want to make compromises. Moreover, a number of tapes in the collection are dirty and I suspect that a number of them will be shedding, so I expect to be doing a lot of cleaning.
>>>
>>> Apologies if is has been asked before, but I did some searching but could not find a response in the archives.
>>>
>>> Huge thanks and cheers
>>>
>>> Gregorio Garcia Karman
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