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Tape mould
To my dismay I've discovered that some of the tapes I've had stored for
15 years have some mould on them. The mould seems to be only on the edges, not on the surface. What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. Daniele |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
The mould seems to be only on the edges, not on the surface. What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. Don't worry about it. Try to play the tape. Don't forget to clean the heads afterward (and often). -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. Don't worry about it. Try to play the tape. Don't forget to clean the heads afterward (and often). Thanks, it seemed to come off quite nicely. Daniele |
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Joanas McSwain wrote:
What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. I had a similar problem and used a lint free cloth soaked in alcohol wedged in between the left tension roller and the head stack. Keep soaking the cloth, and change it once in a while. Also keep cleaning things. A single pass on fast forward took it all off. There was very little. BTW this also works for squealing tapes. A hell of a lot easier than 456 tape goo What about 457 - does this have a liquification problem too? Daniele |
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Joanas McSwain wrote:
On Sun, 28 Dec 2008 23:51:07 +0000, D.M. Procida wrote: Mike Rivers wrote: What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. Don't worry about it. Try to play the tape. Don't forget to clean the heads afterward (and often). Thanks, it seemed to come off quite nicely. Daniele I had a similar problem and used a lint free cloth soaked in alcohol wedged in between the left tension roller and the head stack. Might not be a good idea on very old tapes (c1955 - 1960), I seem to remember part of the coating was alcohol-soluble (sorry I can't be more specific). Test it first on a bit of the tape that doesn't matter. -- ~ Adrian Tuddenham ~ (Remove the ".invalid"s and add ".co.uk" to reply) www.poppyrecords.co.uk |
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D.M. Procida wrote:
Joanas McSwain wrote: What's the best way to treat this? It's just a few light dots of mould, not a thick carpet of it. I had a similar problem and used a lint free cloth soaked in alcohol wedged in between the left tension roller and the head stack. Keep soaking the cloth, and change it once in a while. Also keep cleaning things. A single pass on fast forward took it all off. There was very little. If you care about the tape over the long term, put it in the freezer for about six months to kill any remaining mold.. BTW this also works for squealing tapes. A hell of a lot easier than 456 tape goo It works for SOME kinds of squealing tapes, but it won't work on sticky shed issues like 456 has. What about 457 - does this have a liquification problem too? 457 has the same coating and binder as 456, just a thinner base. When they figured out that the urethane binder was unstable in the late 1980s, they changed the binder chemistry so more recent batches of 456/457 won't go gooey. Still, there is a lot of old tape out there and it's all turning to goo. In the meantime, 641 tape from the 1950s is all still fine. --scott -- "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis." |
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