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Author Topic: TV tunner cleaner and it's effective uses.... Darryl Spicer Film God Posts: 3250 From: Lexington, KY, USA Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-07-2002 11:40 PM                    At our older theaters that use the older type Kelmar failsafes. This stuff works very well. Use it once a week and all the cues will function as they should. Use this thread to post any other related info about tuner cleaner and let the other one called a new booth friend to sink to the bottom of the pond.  |  IP: Logged Steve Kraus Film God Posts: 4094 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: May 2000 posted 04-08-2002 12:12 AM                    Is tuner cleaner still widely available despite the demise of the clunk-clunk-clunk tv tuner?  |  IP: Logged Ken Layton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1452 From: Olympia, Wash. USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-08-2002 01:17 AM                     Sometimes people use the term 'tuner cleaner' for 'contact cleaner'. It has it's uses if used sparingly and carefully. I use it on the volume pots on Cinema Film Systems and Smart booth monitors especially since their pots get scratchy so easily. Yes, tuner cleaner is still widely available, but sometimes with names like 'Super Wash' cleaner/degreaser for electronics.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-08-2002 01:42 AM                     If you are going to clean any moving electrical parts (pots, switches and sliding contacts) you need to use a cleaner that will not strip the lubricant in pots or bearings. I use Caig's DeOxit (now called 'R5' and was formerly called Cramolin) http://www.caig.com/r5-form.htm It's pricey but works wonders! A little goes a long way as well! NOTE: Regular 'contact cleaner' will strip the lube from a pot or switch causing it to sieze in a short time. Some 'tuner cleaners' out there DO have a lubricant in them like the R5 does and will not degrease the parts. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged John Pytlak Film God Posts: 9987 From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922 Registered: Jan 2000 posted 04-08-2002 09:56 AM                        For example, here are contact cleaners that have a lubricant in the formula: http://support.tandy.com/support_supplies/doc2/2979.htm http://support.tandy.com/support_supplies/doc2/2978.htm ------------------ John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7525A Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA Tel: +1 585 477 5325 Cell: +1 585 781 4036 Fax: +1 585 722 7243 E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion  |  IP: Logged

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