Tape Trail

Reel to reel, cassette and other analogue tape formats.

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ceramic coating, tape squeal

Posted by walkstoslow on June 9, 2020 at 19:31:04:
hello
I am thinking that maybe automotive ceramic wax / sealer might quiet
the squeal on the stationary pins on my reel to reel....comments?
I was just playing a 50 year old plus tape that startd to squeal, I moved the tensioner a bit and the squeal stopped.
So a good cleaning, polishing then apply the ceramic coating.
Has anyone else tried this?
comments please!