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

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

Hi, Marie,

Please tell more! You did this and the Dragon didn't bite your head off or
breathe fire or whatever Dragons do when they get upset? How do you keep it
out of the mechanism?

Thanks!

Richard

At 11:53 AM 1/10/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> 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