> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Mark J. > Blair via cctalk > Sent: 06 July 2017 17:47 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > Subject: Re: tape baking > > > > On Jul 4, 2017, at 08:16, Al Kossow via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > > The 'out-gassed material' is water, which has been absorbed by the > > binder, which is hydroscopic. > > Has anybody experimented with drying media in a vacuum chamber at room > temperature? > > My abortive attempt to play with an old TK50 tape in a TZ30 drive was a > disaster of sticking, oxide shedding, and manual unloading/respooling of a tape > that the drive could no longer handle. I had not tried baking the tape. >
Why not give baking a go then? Or have I missed something? I would of course recommend trying with an unimportant tape first until you get a time and temperature that works for your setup. Regards Rob > I do plan to make some sort of media baking setup when that project bubbles > back to the top of the list. I wonder if pulling vacuum on a tape for a while > might also have the desired effect? I have a bottle of cyclomethicone on order. > I wonder if I might need to make some sort of reeling machine to apply it to > tapes? The TK50 tapes are particularly resistant to manual manipulation. > Maybe I could make a machine to allow me to unspool a TK50 tape while > wiping on cyclomethicone and then re-spool it, perhaps by hacking up a drive > mechanism. > > -- > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> > http://www.nf6x.net/
