> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark J. > Blair via cctalk > Sent: 06 July 2017 21:46 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: tape baking > > > > On Jul 6, 2017, at 12:42 PM, Rob Jarratt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > 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. > > Oh, it's on my get-around-to-it list. I'll start out experimenting with that > random tape that has already shed a lot of oxide. If I can get it to load and > rewind without sticking to the heads and rollers, then I'll know I have the > parameters worked out. > >
Not necessarily, you need to get it to load *and read*. In other words a higher temperature will sort out the stickiness (well, it did for me anyway), but you could end up demagnetising it, like seemed to happen to me. I know someone said 55C wouldn't demagnetise my tape, but I certainly had trouble reading it afterwards, perhaps my oven went higher than 55C without me realising. Anyway, make sure you can read back whatever is on the tape before deciding you have the parameters right. Regards Rob
