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I don't think Consumer Reports ever did a "coffee test" on cassettes. Too bad.... dl (still laughing at this one..but we've all had disasters to salvage, like dropping the middle out of a pancake or having half-mil tape wind start twisting itself around the hub during a rewind..Ted O'Reilly had to salvage an entire all-night show that was due to be aired on CJRT and was on half-mil that had self-destructed) Joav Shdema wrote: > I have a similar story of cassette restoration, but in this case > restoration was performed. 3 weeks ago I received a 30 something years > old C-60 Philips cassette. The leader end was broken and the whole tape > was rolled at one end. Apparently a quick fix 'n transfer job. Not so. > We've spliced the tape back and started playing it just to find it was > twisted in several places in a spaghetti like string. The audio was > going forward and then, several minutes down the tape, backwards and > back again. > We had to take all the tape out of the shell and IRON it inch by inch > back to manageable and playable condition. The person who performed the > ironing didn't move his feet for over an hour not to step over the > spillage on the floor while I was de-tangling the tape as we slowly > pulled the ironed tape back into a new clean shell. > Instead of a 1 hour job it became a 5 hour job and the client went with > it - good nerve breaking exercise. > > Joav Shdema > Producer/Engineer > Joav Shdema Inc. > dB Recording Studios Inc. > www.joavshdema.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Richard L. Hess > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 9:06 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [ARSCLIST] Coffee Cassette > > Someone sent me a cassette that had been steeped in coffee--suspected > with sugar and creamer...the layers were glued together. > > It was a Radio Shack cassette and was very very fragile, too. > Normally, polyester cassette tapes are robust, this one if looked at > wrong tore. I wonder if the coffee/sugar/creamer had weakened it. > > With all the concerns about it, we pulled the life support plug 30 > minutes into the project when my estimate of cost to complete > skyrocketed. Since I couldn't do anything, I didn't charge for the 30 > minutes, either. > > I think it could be done, but it would take several hours of careful > washing. She's going to re-do the interview rather than spend that > kind of money. I would want a serpentine film-type drying rack to dry > it, too. > > Anyone ever had success with this? > > Cheers, > > Richard > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.2/252 - Release Date: > 06/02/2006 >