Re: [ARSCLIST] MAGNA-REEL Sound Recording Tape

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Radio Shack used to sell a head lubricant, a couple of decades ago. I found that it
worked at the time, although the SSS problems were much smaller and less
widespread. Seems to me that it was good on squealy non-backcoated tapes, but I
can't remember how often you'd have to apply it or if it would work for an entire
reel, especially at slow speed.

dl

"Richard L. Hess" wrote:

> At 08:32 PM 9/18/2006, steven c wrote:
>
> >Thus the problem would appear to be to decide whether the tape should
> >be baked...or frozen...
>
> Well, you never bake acetate tapes.
>
> Freezing tapes is also problematic, but hopefully we'll know more
> about that in a year or so.
>
> Theoretically, freezing acetate tapes (WHICH IS NOT RECOMMENDED AT
> THIS POINT) is the only known way to preserver them, but freezing
> tape is supposed to do irreparable damage to the tapes.
>
> I believe this is what is known as a Catch-22. So, we need to find
> out how bad the freezing really is for acetate and polyester tapes.
>
> Moisture is the big culprit in all the degradation, as far as I know,
> with heat being second. In fact, within reason, heat is a non-issue
> with polyester-based polyester-polyurethane binders. It's moisture
> that kills. Of course, there is more available moisture at higher temperatures.
>
> Richard
>
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