I see the tape sticking to posts syndrome in my limited experience with HP QIC tapes also (DC100 / DC2000). The best I have come up with is wipe the posts with isopropanol. But I had not thought of lubricating them for a 1 time read, interesting idea. Or replacing the posts with ones machined from Teflon or Delrin? Marc
> On Apr 28, 2020, at 3:37 PM, Alan Perry via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > > >> On 4/28/20 11:47 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: >> I'm a bit surprised that this is even a "thing" in the audio business. >> Restorers have been baking audio tapes for a long time. > > That is acknowledged in the slides, isn't it? > > "Thermal Baking: A popular, poorly understood remedy" > > "Most common remediation (successfully used for decades)" > > "No consistent baking procedures - to this day audio tape users argue about > about why it works." > >> Isopropanol does not clean the sticky deposits from equipment--you must >> use a stronger solvent. Acetone, Perc or MEK generally does the trick. > > I am trying to read a bunch of late 80s QIC-24 tapes (Sun/Computervision > install media). In addition to the normal QIC band problem, I am seeing > problems with the tape sticking on the metal posts that the tape goes around > to change direction towards the reels. Should I try wiping the posts with > acetone or wiping the tape with cyclomethicone? Should I be baking the tapes? > If so, what is a safe way to bake QIC cartridges? > > alan
