Re: [ARSCLIST] If I knew you were coming I'd've baked a tape...

["Marie O'Connell" <oconnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Richard

I have had some success using ISO on cassette tape, I call it the "eye-dropper
technique"!  Has worked each time for me when I had needed to use it.  This is a
very crude version of my intravenous drip bag!

Cheers

Marie O'Connell
Sound Archivist
Mississippi Department Of Archives & History
200 North Street
Jackson, MS, 39201
Ph: 601-576-6909

"Richard L. Hess" wrote:

> At 12:15 AM 1/9/2005 -0500, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Richard L. Hess" <ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > I would also caution that this writer's experience with cassette tapes and
> > > baking is that most squealing cassette tapes appear to be suffering from
> > > loss-of-lubricant (LoL) rather than the more common Sticky Shed Syndrome
> > > (SSS) that afflicts reel tapes.
> > > While LoL can affect reel tapes (I've seen it in Sony tape from the
> >1970s),
> > > SSS is more common. I have not actually seen a proven case of SSS in
> > > cassettes, while I have seen several instances of LoL. In fact, I just did
> > > an Ampex air-check cassette from the early 80s for a client that was LoL.
> >I
> > > was pretty sure, being Ampex, it would be SSS, but I was disappointed.
> >Quick question...how does one lubricate a noisy cassette? I suspect that
> >neither 3-In-1 or WD-40 would be advisable...
>
> Steven,
>
> There are several approaches, but http://www.lastfactory.com/ makes
> commercially available tape head and tape lubricants that I use for the
> purpose. In many LoL situations they need to be applied frequently. I'm
> also using some experimental fluids that are more successful and
> experimenting with other alternatives.
>
> Reel tapes with LoL are sometimes playable with an Isopropyl "Drip" which
> Marie O'Connell had great success with in New Zealand and now in
> Mississippi. I think this has been discussed here at length. I haven't used
> Isopropyl on cassettes yet because I haven't figured a way to do it without
> annoying a Dragon and you know how ornery an annoyed Dragon can be!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard