On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:16:17 +0100, wrote:

Some kind members of this group explained to me that my open-reel tapes
suffered from 'sticky shed' syndrome and gave me links to sites that
explained how to bake tapes. However, most of my tapes are on plastic
hubs, which presumably would melt during baking. Can anyone suggest a
solution to this problem, or point me to someone who would sell me or
lend me some metal hubs that I could use?

thanks in advance.


I'm a bit late here but one suggestion would be to bake at a lower
temperature - say 40 degrees C but leave it for longer. This would be less
likely to cause damage to a plastic reel. Normally I take the tapes up to
50 degrees and leave them to cool slowly overnight - this wouldn't melt
plastic reels but might cause them to warp a little.

Cheers

James.