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Cleaning NOS tubes while saving the labels

I'm probably the last one to the party on this, but I discovered that using a cotton ball dampened w/ naphtha (AKA: Ronsonal lighter fluid) will clean tubes very nicely while leaving the printing intact -- even fragile old Telefunkens!

Try a little spot with a Q-Tip first if you're skittish, but so far, I haven't found any exceptions (definitely post a response if you do, please.) Just don't use anything containing water (including 98% alcohol) or other solvents (lacquer thinner, acetone, turpentine, etc.)


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Topic - Cleaning NOS tubes while saving the labels - nsgarch 15:11:18 03/31/07 (3)


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