On 07/06/2017 09:58 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > Can the cyclomethicone be used to help address sticky shed on a tape? > If it evaporates too quickly to apply it to an entire tape before > reading, then perhaps by placing a wiper in the tape path to apply it > during reading would work? That's what I do when baking doesn't do the trick; e.g. binder bleed-through. But, as Al says, don't overdo it. I used a thick felt wiper to deposit a thin film on a 2400' reel of tape. I added more to the wiper about halfway through. Perhaps 5 ml or less for the whole tape.
It worked--I retrieved a tape of line printer art from Princeton quite successfully. Oddly, nobody was interested in a copy of the files. Go figure. Perhaps nobody owns a line printer that takes continuous forms any more. --Chuck
