 |
 |
Totally agree with Matt on this one. The WORST thing you can do to acetate is make it hotter and drier. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Sohn" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 6:29 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Conservation question: oxide delamination and consolidation > >Whoa - wait a minute. >>Isn't binder hydrolysis (sticky shed) totally different than binder delamination? Would you really >>want to bake tapes with oxide >delamination???? Some tapes may have sticky shed so bad that it >>appears to be "delaminating" as you play them, but I'm not so sure that >you'd want to bake tapes >>where the binder is actually flaking off of the tapes just by handling them. I have not yet had to >>work with true >binder delamination (and hope I never will) but from what I know, that's a totally >>different animal not to be to confused with sticky >shed!!! (and I've yet to see anyone out there >>reveal any simple solution to easily fix or stabilize binder delaminated tapes). Just my two >> >cents. Suzanne if you have more information, please share it! >>John Schroth > > The only binder delamination I have encountered have been on very old acetate-backed tapes. It > seems to me that it is a lack-of-humidity problem that may or may not be remedied by placing the > tape(s) in a high humidity chamber for a long period of time (think weeks or months) before > attempting to play. I would never bake an acetate-based tape. > > -Matt Sohn > >