Re: [ARSCLIST] audio reel archival containers

["Richard L. Hess" <ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 03:58 PM 8/9/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> Does anyone use these:
>
> http://www.tuscancorp.com/products/audio.html
>
> (Tuscan ProVent Audio Inert Polypropylene 1/4" Audiotape Containers) and
> would care to comment on them? Please contact me off list.

I would be concerned about storing acetate tape in them as I'm suspicious
that the traditional cardboard box is functioning something like a
molecular sieve and absorbing some of the acetic acid outgassing/effluent
from the tapes and retarding any vinegar syndrome. No skill/time to prove
it, but it seems to be part of the puzzle as to why sepmag film tracks are
deteriorating while older 1/4" magnetic tapes are not. Another part of the
puzzle is the thickness.

I would be careful. The venting would help, of course, but it might also
promote drying-out of the acetate tapes.

I don't know what the issues are (if any) with polyester or PVC tapes).

Cheers,

Richard