Hi Marie:
Even with quarter-inch reels? I thought the 24 hours and even 12 hours was for 2-inch reels, the
theory being it takes longer to bake out the center of the tape pack??
The last time I had to bake reels, I think 2 years ago, it was 456 quarter-inch. I did the 8-8 hour
cycle and didn't get any residue. But soon before that, I had two reels of Scotch 227 (1-mil) that
required 12 and 12 hours (they were still sticky at 8 and 8).
-- Tom Fine
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From: "Marie O'Connell" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Shed-Sticking & stripping
> Pretty much my minimum baking time now is 24 hours at the very least and in
> some cases the longer the better.
>
> Cheers
> Marie
>
> On Fri, Dec 18, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> You need to bake ALL reels of 406 from this timeframe. What's always worked
>> for me with 406 is bake for 8 hours, let cool for 8 hours, play as soon
>> after that as you can. I've had to go longer with 407.
>>
>> -- Tom Fine
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>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alex Tomlin" <
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>> Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2009 5:08 PM
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>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Shed-Sticking & stripping
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>> Hi all,
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>> We also have a few Ampex 406 1/4" 10.5" stereo tapes professionally
>> recorded and stored in London around 77-80 that are suffering binder
>> adhesion to leader tape. I'd be interested in hearing comments and
>> suggestions as to handling this problem.
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>>
>> Obviously the tapes require baking yet the main problem is the oxide
>> sticking to the leader tape edited in between tracks. There are a few types
>> of leader tape and have found that coloured and printed leader tape is the
>> most problematic.
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>> We have very gently hand wound tapes whilst dousing the problem areas with
>> isopropyl prior to any baking, but the oxide still sticks to the leader. We
>> have also tried baking as well as dehydrating to no benefit.
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>>
>> Does anyone have experience of this problem with Ampex 406? Will soaking
>> in silica gel in the fridge be of benefit?
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>> So far there hasn't been any splicing-tape adhesive bleed which is another
>> problem we're having with EMI Tape.
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>> Over the weekend I will attempt to post a link to photos of the tapes for
>> everyone.
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>> Many thanks,
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>> alex.
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>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Sent: 15 December 2009 20:17
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>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape Shed-Sticking & stripping
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>> Hi, Martin,
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>> This is very problematic, and I do NOT think baking is a good idea.
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>> There is a CHANCE that month-long cold soak in a desiccated
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>> atmosphere (silica gel inside double freezer (or foil) Zip-Loc bags
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>> in the fridge (not freezer)).
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>> It has worked for some 3M 176 that showed this symptom. It has also
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>> not worked for other tapes. Jim Wheeler gave me this technique. I
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>> don't know his source. I haven't used it much.
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>> The other thing to try is VERY slow unwinding - 1.88 in/s or slower.
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>> Sometimes that alone helps.
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>> The tape in the photo was baked based on a consensus of the people at
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>> the seminar (including the tape owner) because we didn't have time
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>> for cold soak and we wanted to see what would work (or not).
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>> Since that article, I have had good results with 3M201 which had the
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>> same problem and the 1.88 in/s wind-through solved it.
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>> Good luck!
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>> Cheers,
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>> Richard
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>> At 12:34 PM 2009-12-15, Martin Fisher wrote:
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>> Got a polyester/plastic non-backcoated reel in which the binder is
>>>
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>> stripping off onto the adjacent wind. AKA "binder adhesion to back
>>>
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>> of next layer" on Richard Hess' site.
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>>> http://richardhess.com/notes/2006/05/26/binder-adhesion-to-back-of-next-layer/
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>> Might baking be a solution for this?
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>>>
>> Martin
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