On Feb 26, 2012, at 4:57 PM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
> ....The author of these pages encountered two very nasty reels of  
> one-inch Agfa PEM 469 in 2012-02 (recorded in 1988-01) that shed a  
> waxy clear-to-slightly-yellow exudate from the mag coat. The mag  
> coat was also transferring slightly to the back coat which was then  
> coming off on the capstan (which presses against the back coat side  
> of the tape).

Interesting mode of SBS, this dry shedding.   Was the tape B-wind or  
was the mag coat actually coming off on the pinch roller?





- Andrew



















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