On 7/19/19 8:59 PM, Adrian Stoness wrote: > same as sticky shed syndrome?
No, not exactly--it's more like binder bleed-through. The oxide remains firmly attached to the base, but there is a film of either gummified lubricant or binder that fouls up things. Normally, if it's sticky-shed, the tape sticks to itself, but that isn't the case--the tape despools and spools quite easily on its own, but leaves deposits on any stationary surfaces that it glides over--and adheres to those. Isopropanol seems to clean deposits from heads and guides; no oxide is left behind. So a coating of cyclomethicone renders the tape non-sticky for a time. It's bizarre and seems to be related to this particular type of tape. --Chuck
