I only see cleaning instructions for the drum, nothing about polishing severely corroded ones! Oddly enough mine doesn't show any signs of corrosion except on the drum itself! I know very little about its past though, except it originally belonged to a school for kindergarten teacher education and was later given to their IT service technician. He then gave it to me. I don't have the slightest idea how it was (mis-) treated back at the school.

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Hi, how are you doing?

I've been very busy during the last weeks, so I haven't had much time to write here. Sorry for that!

Trumbaschl, obviously you haven't browsed into the 2nd page :

http://gromsound.mfbfreaks.com/app/vcctips2.htm

5th picture is from a rusty head drum. Google translator + my own interpretation says about that:

Zitat :

You would rather not use it because of high tape wear! Polish this by hand with commandant4 car cleaner. Be very careful with the heads, mask them and clean completely after polishing.

About my machine, I have (bad) news. My pinch roller order has been a total fail. They sent me the wrong one. Not only the size of the axis cylinder is different (so it doesn't fit inside the machine), but the height is about 2 mm, losing any hope about "modding" it in order to reclyce it somehow. I complained, but lso the store's staff doesn't seem to be so nice; they want me to send them the mistaken item before they repair their mistake. I'll keep you informed about this. In the meantime, I'm gonna take a look at the other site's store, as I remember reading that they had replacements for this roller.

Ah yes, now I found the part about rusty drums! Might be worth a try.

Sorry to hear that you got the wrong pinch roller!

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"Und dann kommen's zu ana Tür da steht oben "Eintritt verboten!" und da miaßn's eine!"