Re: [ARSCLIST] A tape Vinegar Syndrome experience

[Mwcpc6@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 9/15/2005 12:12:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
ArcLists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

My two recent posts on the subject is to alert people that there are 
potential accelerating factors that need to be considered in addition 
to the widely known ones:
   (1) Kodak brand acetate tapes
   (2) The 3M auto-threading reel

Cheers,

Richard
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I wonder in what way these are "accelerating factors" for the Vinegar 
Syndrome.  Neither Kodak's "Triacetate" base nor 3M's permanently tacky adhesive for 
the auto-threading reel were used by any other tape manufacturer and are 
unlikely to be encountered in most archives. 

If found, these materials should be removed from an archive because of their 
apparent instability, but this says nothing about the behavior of normal tape 
materials.

Mike Csontos