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Re: [ARSCLIST] Risk assessment tool
"Bewley, Nigel" wrote:
> "I have personally baked and transferred tapes, only to
> discover a few years later that the SSS had returned. Consequently I do
> not
> regard baking is a cure, but a temporary work around".
>
> Joe is quite right: the baking drives the moisture from the tape making
> it playable. The tape then starts to absorb moisture from the
> atmosphere and so becomes 'sticky' again after a few weeks. Like
> muffins, bake your tapes in batches!
>
> Nigel
>
> Nigel Bewley
> British Library Sound Archive
But transfer them immediately! (Hmm, wonder if you could put them in the freezer?)
dl