Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Brandon:

The problem is, there could well be parts of the tape pack that are stuck together (pinning and I 
forgot the other word Richard uses). So unrolling those parts before they are treated will destroy 
them (peel the oxide off). I asked Richard about this very type of reel before and if I recall the 
answer is freeze it and then play it cold (ie tape machine in a fridge) at very slow speed, which 
should unstick the bound portions enough to spool onto a reel for baking. The other parts, like 176, 
don't respond to baking and need the full cold treatment, if I recall. It's much more complicated 
that just spooling pieces off because true sticky-shed tape is probably bound together until treated 
and thus will be destroyed by spooling until it's treated.

Don't take what I say is gospel truth. Let Richard weigh in since he's done the research.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Burke" <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question


> First of all, i mean not to steal
> Richard H's thunder, as he knows quite
> a bit more about this subject than me.
>
> That said, it strikes me that the solution
> proposed here only accounts for splices
> *so* sticky as to be identifiable by touch alone.
> Thus allowing selections exhibiting less
> ridiculously obvious stages of hyrolysis
> to miss the boat.
>
> Brandon Burke
>
>
>
> Quoting Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> > Guys, this is not all correct. Wait for Richard Hess to chime in.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 10:38 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question
> >
> >
> > > That was sort of what I expected the answer to be.
> > >
> > > dl
> > >
> > > "joe@xxxxxxxxxxx" wrote:
> > >
> > >> If memory serves, baking is known to be detrimental to some types of
> > >> tape, so I'd suggest separating them out as best you can, bake,
> > >> reassemble and Xfer.
> > >>
> > >> Joe Salerno
> > >> Industrial Video Services
> > >> PO Box 273405
> > >> Houston Texas 77277-3405
> > >>
> > >> David Lennick wrote:
> > >> > Here's one for the team. Let's say you have a reel made up of
> > several short
> > >> > pieces of tape, either a compilation or a master or just something
> > where it was
> > >> > convenient to group similar pieces of material together. Let's say
> > SOME of the
> > >> > selections are recorded on 176, some on 456, some on god knows
> > what....and of
> > >> > course, now you have a tape that has sticky shed on only some of the
> > tracks. Do
> > >> > you bake the whole thing or try and remove only the portions that
> > need
> > >> > treatment and bake them?
> > >> >
> > >> > --Stuck
> > >> >
>
>
> --
> Brandon Burke
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