"RichardL" wrote in message


I have some open reel tapes which are suffering from shedding of
the oxide coating.

AKA "sticky shed"

I understand that baking the tapes under certain strict conditions
will restore them to a playable state, at least for a limted time.

Right. you'll find many articles about "sticky shed" in the google archives
of rec.audio.pro .

Does anyone have experience of this problem and advice on how to do
such 'baking' ?

Check the archives, you'll find LOTS!