Use Jack Daniels alcohol and you don't care if they're clean or not. Doug Kevin wrote: > > Ed, I use name brand Q-tips only. I tried the cheaper ones but I found > the ends came off, and in one case I lost an end in a VCR and it came > back under warranty with the cotton end stuck in the mechanism. The > brand name Q-tips don't come off. Maybe it is the type of alcohol that > I am using. > > Kevin Wilks > Kevin's TV & Video Repair > Penticton BC Canada > kevinstv@xxxxxxx > > -----Original Message----- > From: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Edward Gaidies > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 12:21 PM > To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Q-Tip > > As far as purchasing Q Tips for other uses, the Dollar Store here sells > you > 500 double tipped, for $1.50. Only difference between these and the ones > you > buy from your supplier is the length of the stick. Me thinks. > > -Ed- > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "C&W Electronics" <c_w_electronics@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 2:48 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Q-Tip > > > > > I get my Q-Tips at the Drug Store or Grocery Store. Tip: When using > cotton > > Q-Tips to clean video heads, ROLL the Q-Tip across the video head. > Don't > > drag it across the head gap, as cotton will stick in the head gap. > > Paul W > > C&W Electronics > > Azle Tx > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "JOSE R. PANIAGUA" <breadywater@xxxxxxx> > > To: "techassist" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2002 10:44 AM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Q-Tip > > > > > > > Do someone know where can I get this miniature Q-Tip or special > cleaning > > Sawb. 09-001-315-010. > > > Thank you. > > > > > > Jose R. Paniagua. > > > PANIAGUA TV & VCR Service > > > breadywater@xxxxxxx > > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > > > > ------------------------------------------ > > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > > ------------------------------------------ > > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > > Submit Repair Tips here: > > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ > > ------------------------------------------ > To REMOVE your email address, click here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html > To CHANGE your email address, click here: > http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html > ------------------------------------------ > ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** > Submit Repair Tips here: > http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/ -- Doug Keller "Learn from the mistakes of others, Wis-Kel Electronics because you won't live long enough 101 Freeland Ave. to make them all yourself" Terra Alta, WV USA 26764 dek@xxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------------------ To REMOVE your email address, click here: http://www.tech-assist.org/unsubb.html To CHANGE your email address, click here: http://www.techassist.net/forms/change.html ------------------------------------------ ***NEW*** Tips Added Instantly!!!*** Submit Repair Tips here: http://www.tech-assist.org/secure/tip/