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Hi, Corey, Since the D5 evaporates, it does not stick around to harm the tape. I have looked at one or two tapes I've treated with it a year or so after the treatment and there was no ill effect. As some idea of how it evaporates, I over-lubricated a cassette the first time I tried it and the Dragon stopped working. Two weeks later the Dragon's health was back and working fine. I have tried open-dish evaporation tests and it seems to disappear completely. It's not that much of a mystery chemical. I suspect you use it frequently in personal care items. It's what provides the slipperyness in many shampoos and other such items. Cheers, Richard On 2018-06-07 4:05 PM, Corey Bailey wrote: > Hi Dan, > > With all due respect to Richard Hess and his use of D5, I have not been > able to find any information on the long term effects of the chemical on > the tape oxide. How well will the tapes play after having been stored > for a few years after treatment with D5? Perhaps Richard can enlighten > us further on the long term storage of tapes that have been treated with > D5. > > Because of that concern and some regarding the MSDS issued for D5, I use > a chemical manufactured by Last Factory called "Tape Last". I have been > assured by Last Factory that Tape Last is not only safe for long term > storage but actually enhances the tape being stored over time. I have no > evidence regarding the latter. However, I have had success using Tape > Last on audio tapes suffering from varying degrees of SSS. More > information on my use of the product can be found here: > http://www.baileyzone.net/LUBRICATING%20POLYESTER%20AUDIO%20TAPE.htm > > Lubricating audio cassettes (or any kind of cassette housed tape) is a > real, time consuming, PITA. For audio cassettes, I have modified a > transport and dedicated it to the process. > > Cheers! > > Corey > > Corey Bailey Audio Engineering > www.baileyzone.net > > On 6/7/2018 9:26 AM, Dan Gediman wrote: >> Folks, >> >> Thanks so much for all the good suggestions. To answer Richard’s >> question, yes, the same squealing happens at the same point in the >> recording even if I take out the tape, clean the tape machine well, >> let it dry, put the cassette in, rewind slightly, and resume the >> dubbing. Following other suggestions, I have transferred the tape I >> had been dubbing into a new Maxell shell, put it back into the deck, >> rewound, and started again. The tape begins squealing at the same >> exact spot on the tape, which BTW, isn’t at the very end of the tape, >> as with the others, but rather at about the half-way point on a C-60. >> Can you folks think of a reason why the tape should begin squealing at >> precisely that point and is there anything else I could try. I tried >> using various noise-reduction and EQ plugins and nothing seems to help >> using that technique. And I don’t have access to Richard’s suggested >> D5 lubricant. Are there other less great but still useful lubrication >> options? I saw some reference to putting Teflon tape on the head of a >> cassette deck and running the tape through all the way, presumably >> picking up the Teflon coating along the way. Is that a reasonable >> option? If so, would this just be the kind of plumber’s tape sold at >> hardware stores (the only things I found when Googling “Teflon tape”) >> or is this some specialized tape and if so, where would I get it. >> >> And additional suggestions gratefully accepted. >> >> Thanks, >> Dan >> >> Dan Gediman >> 502 299-2565 >> [log in to unmask] >> www.dangediman.com <http://www.dangediman.com/> > -- Richard L. Hess email: [log in to unmask] Aurora, Ontario, Canada 647 479 2800 http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.