i bought a soundesign boombox recently to restore. it is identical to the one i owned 20+ years ago. i have replaced all 3 belts on it and i have cleaned every single little piece i can get my hands on..it is very clean now except for one thing. the tape heads have been neglected since probably 1982 or 83. after a very long thourough cleaning i have gotten the miidle part of the head shiny again. but the heads are pitted. and kind of rusty. anyone know how i can clean them better? they sound ok but probably would sound better if i could get them shiny again. also unrelated to the tape deck. the am doesnt work at all. i have cleaned every connection i can fing but cant get it fixed any suggestions??
i know..but i am only playing very old tapes and most of them i have on vinyl or cd. i want play any of my rarieties in it. the center of the heads look fine. i dont think they are pitted enough to hurt my tapes but i am not taking any chances with my good ones.i have around 1000 cassettes...