Old tape???

Rossman · 3rd January 2004, 01:51 AM

Hey guys, hope everyone had a good holiday. For X-mas I got an old reel of 1/4" tape from my Grandma and was currious of the proper way to "bake" tape in an oven ( what temp., duration, etc.)

Lee Blaske · 3rd January 2004, 03:14 AM

You might not need to bake it. Lots of the older consumer oriented stuff is fine. I recently transfered a bunch of family stuff from the fifties, and the tape was in great shape.

It's mostly some of the high-performance tapes of the late seventies and early eighties that have problems.

Lee Blaske

c.cash · 3rd January 2004, 09:40 PM

Take a look at super guru Eddie Ciletti's site:

http://www.tangible-technology.com/tape/baking1.html

Curious G · 3rd January 2004, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Lee Blaske
You might not need to bake it. Lots of the older consumer oriented stuff is fine...

Especially tape that's not back coated. Put it up and see if it'll play without that godawfull squealing shriek that makes me want to kill... but I digress.

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3rd January 2004, 03:14 AM	#2
Lee Blaske Gear interested Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Scenic Excelsior, Minnesota Posts: 16	You might not need to bake it. Lots of the older consumer oriented stuff is fine. I recently transfered a bunch of family stuff from the fifties, and the tape was in great shape. It's mostly some of the high-performance tapes of the late seventies and early eighties that have problems. Lee Blaske

3rd January 2004, 09:40 PM	#3
c.cash Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: LA,CA Posts: 18	Take a look at super guru Eddie Ciletti's site: http://www.tangible-technology.com/tape/baking1.html