I've never used one of these and have no clue if it's any good but it's a
relatively inexpensive option.

http://www.mvipro.com/tapecleaner.html

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From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
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Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 9:25 AM
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Subject: [ARSCLIST] Cleaning moldy video tape

Given the mechanical fragility of the base material in VHS and Beta video
tapes, is it possible to manually wipe mold from such tapes without
rendering them unplayable?

And what does anyone think about the chances of success of removing the head
drum from a video transport and building in some sort of fabric wiping pad
system?

Jeff