Re: Cleaning Old R2R Tape

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In Reply to: Cleaning Old R2R Tape posted by Vinyliac on June 19, 2004 at 18:03:10:

Hi Jim,
I believe that the best coarse of action is to get the material transferred off that tape once mold is growing on it to another tape- see posts of same subject on the Yahoo Reel to Reel group. I have put some squeaking tapes inside large zip bags from Sorbent Systems for the drying out process with a desicant. This process may help with the mold but there has never been a way to fix it permanently from what I have read or heard of. You can run the tape in high speed through a felt gun cloth with a cleaning solution of weak alcohol to be able to play the tape to transfer but some of your problems may not be mold but the deformation of the tape as it may have not been packed properly or has just warped. you have to look at it from the side and see if it has wavey deformation to it.
Sam,

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Topic - Cleaning Old R2R Tape - Vinyliac 18:03:10 06/19/04 (10)

Re: Cleaning Old R2R Tape - Vinyliac 12:23:20 06/26/04 (0)

Re: Cleaning Old R2R Tape - skywavebe 13:08:56 06/21/04 (0)

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Re: Cleaning Old R2R Tape - skywavebe 13:08:56 06/21/04 (0)

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