Konrad Strauss wrote: > I've just encountered a reel of Scotch 996 which is squealing. It does not > seem to exhibit any symptoms of sticky shed - no buildup on the heads, and I > was under the impression that 996 did not suffer from stick shed. > > Any thoughts? Not printable ones! How's 499 holding up? I have 3 cases of that stuff that I haven't used yet. dl