I use Gmail and when I hit reply I can't change the subject. Sorry.
About 2". Baking video tape 2" takes me about 1-2 weeks. How much time do
you take for audio? I wonder if it's the same.

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On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 6:28 AM, Corey Bailey <[log in to unmask]>
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> I would to love see this topic continue and expand.
> I would suggest some ground rules:
> Start with one subject. As an example: "Baking Audio Tape". Stay within
> the agreed upon subject for all pertinent discussion.
> When the thread needs to change topic, add a suffix. Example: "Baking
> Audio Tape - 2" tape" or "Baking Audio Tape - Binder Hydrolysis"
>
> It will be much easier to mine the information and summarize it if we are
> conscious of organizing the thread. Those who have connections outside the
> list should report that information back to the thread. Likewise, (we)
> should invite as many people who are not part of the list but could
> contribute valuable information.
>
> Although a forum format would be great for consolidating the information,
> this list should work if the subject is well managed because this is an
> archived, publicly accessible, body of information.
>
> My $0.02
>
> Corey
> Corey Bailey Audio Engineering
> www.baileyzone.net
>
> On 1/29/2016 9:57 AM, Richard L. Hess wrote:
>
>> This has been a great thread--and I'd like to focus on one part of it.
>>
>> Perhaps there was a different version of Ampex 456 sold into the
>> Commonwealth? Could that be? Although I think all of the 456 I have had has
>> come from Opelika.
>>
>> Ted in the UK, Marie in NZ, and I'm in Canada and we are all seeing
>> extended baking times for 456 and related tapes much of the time.
>>
>> The problem is it's easy once you see the need for extended baking times
>> to make it part of your protocol. It does no damage, whereas insufficient
>> baking can create a problem.
>>
>> But, we have Tom saying he hasn't seen the need and that concurs with the
>> Library of Congress's experience.
>>
>> When I discussed it with the LoC, they were quite surprised, but in the
>> conversation, they indicated that all of their material was coming from
>> their climate controlled vaults and had been there for extended periods.
>>
>> I know that some of the tapes I have received from Canada, Bermuda, and
>> the USA have had horrible storage profiles. I suspect that is true for some
>> of the 456 etc that I have received, but the worst tape I ever received was
>> a reel of 201 1-inch that had absorbed so much moisture it had extruded
>> through the slot in the hub sending a bump an inch into the tape pack. That
>> recording of John Allan Cameron (his first) was salvaged partly through my
>> efforts and substantially polished by the flying fingers of Paul MacDonald
>> in covering each individual blurp.
>>
>> Can we see if we can come up with enough data about baking times that we
>> can better understand this increase that is not uniform?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>