> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis > via cctalk > Sent: 02 July 2017 19:40 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: tape baking > > On 07/02/2017 10:56 AM, william degnan via cctalk wrote: > > Have you also experimented with diskettes using this technique. May > > apply in some cases. > > Haven't we been here before, oh, about 2-3 years ago? I bake just about every > bit old old media I get in, nowadays with very good success. I think Al uses > a > food dehydrator; I have a custom-made insulated "hot box". You can even get > good results (with a bit of cyclomethicone) from old Wabash diskettes. > > Optimum temp for me (by trial and error) is 58C. Not enough to pucker > the jacket on floppies, nor warp the reels on mag tape. >
When I tried 55C on one of my own TK50 tapes it looked like it got almost completely demagnetised. The lowest our oven (a fan model) would go was 40C but I found the tapes would still stick a bit, so I went up to 45C and that worked for me. Regards Rob
