Re: [ARSCLIST] Advice on restoring a 1954 audiotape

["Prentice, Will" <Will.Prentice@xxxxx>]

Peter Brothers wrote:

"(...)
You can do a rough test for binder instability during early stages of the
tissue wipe.  If you get a "waxy" residue or little "flakes" of tape come
off on the tissues, you have a binder instability problem that may need to
be addressed before continuing with the tissue wipe.
(...)"

----In the event of discovering a tape with both mould and sticky binder,
what effect would baking (to harden the binder) have on the mould? If, say,
baking at 40C (94F) for 8 hours, would it be killed, driven into dormancy or
somehow made worse?

Will


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