How often to clean tape path?

[A Reel Person]

I think...

I think that was banned in the states as a carcinogen, or wha... destroys the ozone layer?.

 

[Beck]

Hi. Does anyone here ever use the Geneva Trichlorotriflurothane head cleaner? Dad has used it on the Sony/MCI JH24 and the 1/4" mastering deck since the early 80s.
Does that machine your showing have a head tilt alignment on it?

Latigo

It's a Freon-based solvent. I never used the Geneva brand, but I still have an old bottle about half full made by Intraclean Recorder Care Systems. IMO, it's superior to alcohol cleaners -- really lifts the dirt out, but I don't use it or recommend it anymore due to health and environmental concerns. I'm going to have to look into safely disposing what I have left... I just haven't gotten around to it.

It was once popular. Radio Shack even had it in their VCR cleaning kits.