Tom Walker wrote to James Bradley, "Serious mouse question!"

 -> For the record, I wanted to add:

 -> I was told to *first* clean a rubber part with denatured
 -> alcohol, *then* use
 -> Rubber Renue. The reason being - and this leads me to my
 -> next point about the
 -> origins of the product - the alcohol should completely
 -> clean the surface of the
 -> pinch-roller, "to provide a completely clean surface for
 -> the even distribution
 -> of Rubber Renue." This was describing to me - what.. in
 -> the early eighties - as
 -> it is utilized in audio recording decks. Are you sure it was invented for
 -> printers?

 TW>  Actualy I Mispoke. It was origionaly designed for Typewritter
 TW> Rollers. But according to the studies Hewlett Packard did of
 TW> the misfeeding problems with their Early Ink Jet printers
 TW> alcohol should NEVER be used. In the long run it makes the
 TW> problem worse. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5

OK, I can see a typewriter predating a tape deck. 

With the alcohol on rubber though, we can both agree that it can be 
de3vistating. When it is followed by the restorer though, its molecular 
structure is refreshed after the striping nature of anything alcohol 
based.   

We talk the same, but were taught a bit different. I have no doubt Rubber 
Renue has some cleaning properties, (What, is it; naptha-based?) but the 
text I read wanted a consistently clean surface *first* in order to evenly 
distribute the rejuvinator. The job I speak of is a lot more critical of 
an exentric capstan. If alcohol is used alone, I'm sure it could be as damaging
as using oil on rubber.


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