Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question

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

Thanks, Tom,

There are so many complexities and options that I'd really have to see  
the tape and do the project. These are too complex to diagnose on the  
list.

For example, a worst-case scenario MIGHT be to break or disassemble  
the reel and lift off "donuts" of tape -- see the Big Donut picture on  
my Web page.

That might be the safest route. Unspooling after cold soak at 1.88  
in/s might also be good, but the low humidity of cold soak isn't  
always the best thing for acetate either. Someone commented at AES  
that 20% RH really harms his acetate tapes.

I'm kinda toast at the moment. I drove 760 miles today from San  
Carlos, CA to Salt Lake City. Tomorrow to Sidney, Nebraska, and if I  
get started early enough I might get to play at the main Cabella's  
store <smile>. Heck, only 540 miles tomorrow. Wed I pick up another  
tape machine, Friday, I pick up one more and later that day drop off  
two in Buffalo. The truck is full of tape machines.

Cheers,

Richard

Quoting Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Guys -- NO!! Not if some sections are likely sticky shed and thoroughly
> stuck. You need to try and get them un-stuck first. You will ruin the
> stuck sections if you try to wind without unsticking. The oxide will
> stay stuck to the back-coat it faces and will rip off its section of
> binder and back-coat, rendering the tape ruined. Agree you cannot bake
> the acetate sections. You need to wait for Richard Hess, who is at AES.
> I don't know enough about cold-treatment to discuss the details. David,
> I HIGHLY recommend you do not try to spool off sections of that reel as
> it is now.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Smolian" <smolians@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 7:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question
>
>
> > Each segment should be put on a spearate reel and condisered for   
> > baking based on the characteristics of each individual segment.
> >
> > Steven Smolian
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Carroll" <jwcarroll@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 2:09 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Tape baking question
> >
> >
> > > Seems to me you'd put the tape more at risk by trying to separate the
> > > sections.  Are any obviously acetate?  I'm more inclined to think that
> > > leaving it as is and baking it would be the safer route.  --JC
> > >
> > >
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