In a message dated 10/6/2005 3:03:09 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: I placed the tape in an open container inside a sealed container. The sealed container had about an inch of water in the bottom. The tape was up on spacers in the open container. This was room temperature. *************** Some early Kodak 16 mm film cans had a built-in perforated chamber containing blotting paper for just this purpose. Of course it is not recommended that acetate material be stored this way. Mike Csontos