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Re: [ARSCLIST] Paper leader tape
I agree with Richard. I don't mind redoing old splices but I do not like tape being damaged by
plastic leader gone sticky. In my brief summer job career at a major NYC studio, we got a batch of
3M plastic leader, the 2" variety, and it was manufactured so it would do what sticky-shed tapes
do -- put gunk all over the tape path -- just from being run at normal tension. 3M 2" machines are
not so easy to clean of this gunk. We went through 3 different orders from 3 different suppliers
before we found leader tape that was back to normal. I believe 3M acknowledged that some bad batches
got out, but don't quote me on that. This would have been summer of 1982. It was a well-known
problem at least in the NYC studio community at the time.
Agree with Ed Falk that paper leader rarely holds splicing tape over time, but I'd much rather
replace a splice than lose a few seconds of content.
-- Tom Fine
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Paper leader tape
At 12:46 PM 2007-01-10, Ed Falk wrote:
John Bondurant wrote:
Does anyone know of a reliable vendor for 1/4" paper leader tape? I have had two vendors tell me
they are out of stock and it looks like (in their opinion) that this product has become obsolete.
IMHO, "reliable" and "paper leader tape" don't go in the same sentence. I've had nothing but
misery with old tapes that were spliced with paper leader tape. Something in the paper reacts
with the splicing tape and the glue fails in about 20 years. I have not had this problem with
plastic leader tape.
In other words, yes, the product is obsolete.
On the other hand, I've had several instances of oxide laminating to 3M plastic leader tape and
ripping off the backing. "In the day" paper was preferred, though I never understood why. Now I
do.
I have an adequate but not excessive stock of it for my use. Watch ePay--it might show up again.
Cheers,
Richard
Richard L. Hess email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Aurora, Ontario, Canada (905) 713 6733 1-877-TAPE-FIX
Detailed contact information: http://www.richardhess.com/tape/contact.htm
Quality tape transfers -- even from hard-to-play tapes.