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Dear Rainer, You've by now learned what WD40 is. DO NOT follow the strategy described in an earlier posting using WD40. It's akin to using cling wrap in place of a condom. DDR On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Birgit Lotz Verlag < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ahem, > what is WD40??? > > > Ted Kendall schrieb: > >> On 14/08/2012 21:12, Richard L. Hess wrote: >> >>> Hi, Shai, >>> >>> No apology needed...I appreciated you mentioning the technique. >>> >>> Have you had success with it? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> On 2012-08-14 1:35 PM, Shai Drori wrote: >>> >>>> I feel an apology is in order on my part. I was running out the door >>>> and totally forgot about Richards website. Not to mention that I should >>>> have credited him. Check out the a77 in the fridge picture. LOL >>>> shai >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> With the usual caveats, this worked on a reel of Shamrock under extreme >> duress (many years ago, I may add) : >> >> The tape in question was a dub of ETs of Buddy Holly's hometown radio >> station on the day of his death, and was required yesterday for a TV >> production (aren't they always?). I had a Revox 700 to hand, but could not >> stop the tape squealing. In desperation I sprayed the tape with WD40. >> Instant success! - followed by instant failure as the lubricant passed on >> and the squeal returned. Eventually, however, I found that wedging some >> cotton bud tip betwixt erase head and fixed guide, in contact with the >> tape, and dousing it every three seconds with the WD40 enabled silent >> playback. Of course, it created a b-awful mess of tape and machine, but >> this cleaned up all right, and in any case the job sometimes has to come >> before the tool! >> >> > > -- > Dr. Rainer E. Lotz > Rotdornweg 81 > 53177 Bonn (Germany) > > Tel: 0049-228-352808 > Fax: 0049-228-365142 > Web: www.lotz-verlag.de > -- Dennis D. Rooney 303 W. 66th Street, 9HE New York, NY 10023 212.874.9626