Hi Richard,
   Send me your mailing address and I will cut a small
sample to send to you. My email is
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 I originally bought mine from TASCAM a few years back
and I think it was pretty expensive. Maybe you can
compare it to the others you mentioned.

Chris
eugene-audio

--- "Richard L. Hess" <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi, Chris,
> 
> Thanks for the great information.
> 
> I have conflicting opinions on to bake or not to
> bake. I am leery of 
> it for a variety of reasons.
> 
> I suspect gunk. What is the cloth-like cleaning
> material and where 
> can we get some? Is it like Pelon or the micro-fiber
> lens cloths? 
> Will either of those work?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Richard
> 
> Tape Restoration Seminar:    MAY 9-12, 2006; details
> at Web site.
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