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.

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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?

Most 10 1/2" NAB reels were metal, but does your machine use them? At one
time they were being chucked out in their thousands. Now you'd probably
have to buy one and they're not cheap.

Are you sure you truly have oxide shedding? I've got tapes more than 40
years old that are ok. Although all my tapes are of European manufacture.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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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.