I agree that bake times are certainly getting longer. I also agree that this problem is more chemical than conditional. However, while a tape that needs baking will still need baking, I keep my collection in 35RH or lower. That probably helps a bit and, so far, have only had to bake one 2” tape longer than 24 hours. However, a week for a 1” reel does not surprise me a bit. We are going to see more and more situations of longer bake times as we go along. 

It reminds me of the directions on a frozen dinner – “bake until done”. 

TS

On 12/9/16, 5:54 AM, "Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List on behalf of Ted Kendall" <[log in to unmask] on behalf of [log in to unmask]> wrote:

    I beg to differ - the temp is fine, but required baking times have been 
    increasing, for reasons nobody has yet pinned down. A similar reel of 1" 
    tape took me about a week.
    
    
    On 08/12/2016 22:05, Toby Seay wrote:
    > 55 degrees Celsius for 18 to 24 hours should do it.
    >
    > Toby Seay
    >
    > On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 4:42 PM Stewart Adam <[log in to unmask]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >> Hello,
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> I have a few 2-inch Grand Master reels that need baking.  What would be
    >> the ideal amount of
    >>
    >> time/temperature needed to bake them?
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Thank you
    >>
    >>
    >>
    >> Stewart Adam
    >>
    >> Creative Audio Works.
    >>
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