[GreenKeys] Teletype Cleaning

[Richard Knoppow]

    This is an old technique used for typewriters. Kerosene with a 
little oil in it. Typewriters were also cleaned by soaking in various 
solvents. One must be careful to use solvents that do not attack 
plastics or other materials used in the machines. If you search for 
repair information about typewriters you will find a good deal on 
cleaning them. Have a look at:
<https://site.xavier.edu/polt/typewriters/tw-restoration.html>
    A lot of this should be applicable to teleprinters.

On 5/15/2024 12:46 PM, Jim Haynes wrote:
> 
> There used to be a professional Teletype repair man who just soaked
> the whole thing in kerosene, then used a brush on the parts where
> the crud did not dissolve.
> 
> Back in the 1950s in my youthful ignorance - Ray Morrison had given
> me enough pieces of broken M15s to make a whole machine - and I took
> it all apart and used Gunk followed by water wash and reassembly.
> 

-- 
Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles
WB6KBL
SKCC 19998