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| Apple II 5.25 cleaning disk | |
| Posted by: magnusfalkirk on 2023-06-18 07:36:55 Reposting for a friend Hi. Just wondering if anyone has a spare 5.25 cleaning disk they could spare? I would like to see if cleaning the heads can get my 2c drives to read disks again. Thanks in advance! | |
| Posted by: bibilit on 2023-06-18 11:07:20 Have you tried using a cotton bud (Q-tip) with some isopropanol ? Probably better than any kit. | |
| Posted by: magnusfalkirk on 2023-06-18 18:06:37 softwarejanitor at Applefritter suggested the same thing. I ofrwarded that on to the OP. | |
| Posted by: ravuya on 2023-06-21 10:56:47 There is a person in Italy making new cleaning disks. I don’t think isopropyl works as well as whatever they used to use (Freon?) but I’m happy with mine. The seller is also super nice. Q-tips don’t work as well for me as those flat foam swabs. 
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| Posted by: magnusfalkirk on 2023-06-22 06:45:55 Thanks I'll pass this on to the gentleman who I posted this for. | |
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