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Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape
I'm on this side of the poison diet. An additinal aid of hold down tape
(ifd done with consistancy) is to tell the next user if the tape is heads or
tails out by affixing it to the top(heads) or bottom (tails) of the reel.
Steve Smolian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Hold Down Tape
At 02:32 PM 2008-01-17, Richard Warren wrote:
Hi Folks,
The Grinch in me sees this discussion and harks back to research for the
AAA Committee that resulted in our recommending against the use of any
sort of hold-down or splicing tape (except for temporary use of splicing
tape to make or extend leaders that are too short for a tape player)
because of the danger of bleeding adhesives (and I've never found any type
of splicing or hold-down tape that did not bleed goo onto tape surfaces or
that was peelable without some sort of deposit or damage). I wish my
experience were more helpful, but facts are facts.
From another Grinchly Richard:
--Shipping tapes without hold down is very risky as the outer wraps may
come unwound
--I have received far too many tapes with damage to the outer 20+ turns
due to them becoming unwound. It also appears that loosely wound wraps of
tape are more likely to dry out and cup.
I fear it's a matter of picking your poison. Whatever you do, please do
not use the 3M white plastic hold-down clips--at least in the mode where
they go over the tape pack and often cause edge damage.
Regards,
Richard (aka Richard d'Grinch II)
Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.