"RichardL" wrote in message
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I have some open reel tapes which are suffering from shedding of
the oxide coating.

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

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



There was an article in the New scientist on this subject last year.

It takes a brave person to do this. After baking you get only one try to
play it.
After this the tape becomes too brittle for further use.

Regards