Re: [ARSCLIST] Mylar clarification (duh!)

["Scott D. Smith" <sdsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Oops, my bad...not paying attention to my editing!

As Lou points out, Mylar is the trade name for DuPont polyester base, 
which can indeed can be baked if needed.

I only pointed out the acetate issue becuase we have encountered some 
acetate base tapes which may at first glance exhibit the same signs as 
SSS, but in fact usually have a different set of problems.

--Scott D. Smith

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Lou Judson wrote:

> Advice for novices? Acetate and mylar (polyester) are completely 
> different! Someone better fill in the details...
>
> And I'venever seen any acetate that needed baking anyway...
>
> Lou Judson • Intuitive Audio
> 415-883-2689
>
> On Jan 4, 2006, at 10:36 AM, Scott D. Smith wrote:
>
> > My advice is to tread carefully, and don't do any treatment that may 
> > be irreversible. (It should go without saying that you should never 
> > attempt to bake an acetate/mylar based tape, but I thought it would 
> > bear repeating-just in case a novice is reading through these posts!)