[Findm-Keepm]

Dunno what Dooug uses, but we used a canister vac and a soft-bristled brush on sets we serviced. We carried a small 1-gallon wet vac in the service van for service calls. Nowadays, with the air-in-a-can, you could probably take it outside and blow out most dust. A rag moistened with either IPA or naptha will wipe away sticky stuff.

I got caught by my Dad while cleaning the HV area of an Admiral tube color set that belonged to a police officer. We had replaced the boost rectifier and a cap, and I wanted to make the whole area look as good as new - Dad told me not to waste my time, but I finished the job, and the set went back to the cop. We went over to his place a few weeks later to play Atari (they were new then) and Dad told the story of me cleaning the caps in the HV section. The cop, one of the funniest men I've met - gave me the moniker "capacitor cosmetologist" - and it stuck....the cop, now retired, is a missionary to the poor with his wife - really wonderful guy....