[mcp6453[_2_]]

On 12/23/2011 11:48 AM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
In article ,
mcp6453 wrote:
On 12/23/2011 10:45 AM, Arny Krueger wrote:

Squealing tape sounds an awful lot like sticky shed. You might want to bake
one and see what happens before you drop the big bucks on what could be an
ineffective approach. Tape baking recopies are all over the web. There are
people who post here who have been there and done that and obtained good
results.

Is there any evidence that cassette manufacturers ever used the Ampex or Scotch
tape formulation that exhibited SSS? Scott has probably nailed the problem on my
current set. The tape has lost its lubrication. They were duplicated in 1976.

I have never seen a cassette that was backcoated or actually had real
sticky shed, nor has Mr. Hess.

That doesn't mean that there isn't some out there from some weird Nigerian
cassette factory somewhere, though.
--scott

I meant to ask before. Is there any way to "re-lubricate" or rejuvenate the
lubrication on the tape? You mentioned something about pellon fabric. What would
I do with that fabric?