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Re: [ARSCLIST] Squealing Scotch 996
Phillip,
At this point, LoL only has one-pass fixes and they're not far off
from Mobile One. There are The Last Factory lubricants that do a
moderately good job, as does Joav Shedema's lubricant (he's from Israel).
On the other hand, Peter Brothers of Specs Brothers warns us about
too much silicone of any flavour on the tape.
If it worked for 8-tracks and NAB cartridges, I hold out some hope
for graphite, but you should see my white ceramic capstan after
playing one 8-track on my APR-5000!
So, all in all, Marie's playing wet with isopropyl alcohol is the
easiest to implement. While she was still in New Zealand, she had a
whole rig fashioned on a Studer B67, complete with felt pad and squeegee.
It's nasty and I fear it's not going away, but the lubricant seems to
be--at least in some tapes.
Keep us posted if you learn anything else.
I'm not saying this 3M 996 is suffering from LoL--I'm saying it could
be based on the description. It also might be a 996 reel/box and some
other tape ? That's happened at least once or twice.
Cheers,
Richard
At 08:19 PM 11/8/2005, you wrote:
So there's no "fix" for it? I'm not proposing Mobil One, but you
can't fix it like baking sticky shed?
Phillip
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard L. Hess"
Gak!
Hi, Conrad,
What do you know about the history of this reel?
If you're not seeing any buildup and it's squealing, you may have:
L O S S O F L U B R I C A N T
or LoL
I've been on this bandwagon ever since I found several Sony reels
that exhibited this.
Our resident Southern Kiwi, Marie O'Connell is a world-class expert
in dealing with LoL.
IMHO, LoL may become a worse problem than SSS as we go through the
years. I've seen it more on cassettes than reels, but Marie's
experience is hundreds of reels of a tape brand that we don't see
here much in North America (not Zonal, Agfa, or BASF IIRC).
She taught me how to play them wet with isopropyl alcohol. People
were kind to me at my recent seminar and didn't bring a piece of
tape doing this evil thing.
Cheers,
Richard
Richard L. Hess richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada http://www.richardhess.com/
Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm