Easy VHS Cleaning For Dummies, Like Me
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- Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
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00:00 - Who is this Video For?
00:32 - What You'll Need
01:10 - VHS Mold
01:58 - VCR Isolation
02:58 - Isopropyl Alcohol
03:45 - Cleaning Apparatus
05:36 - Removing VCR Lid
06:06 - VCR Innards
07:15 - Fast Forward Cycle
08:30 - Inspection 1
09:08 - How to Disassemble a VHS
10:55 - Gloves and Magnetic Tape
11:17 - Inspection 2
11:38 - Cleaning the Front Panel
12:18 - Inspection 3
12:42 - Cleaning the Plastic Reels Pt. 1
14:07 - Reassembling the VHS
15:34 - Rewind Cycle
16:13 - Inspection 4
16:45 - Disassembling the VHS (Again)
17:08 - Tiny Plastic Levers and Stuck Posts
17:32 - Cleaning The Plastic Reels Pt. 2
17:59 - Reassembling the VHS (Again)
19:39 - All Done!
20:08 - The REEL Finished Product
20:18 - Bye Bye
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Thank you very much for the explanation. As someone who is almost 60, I can relate to the beginning of the video. LoL! You have a new subscriber.
@@woodandwheelz lol thank you very much!
I feel less moldy already. Great video!
The issue people forget is the fact that these have mould is due to humidity content, drying the tapes out after a proper decontamination, and then vacuum packing them is an essential to long-term preservation.
Well that and FM RF archival captures and good old VHS-decode 😉
I was thinking that one thing people forget to do/mention is to wash your hands before starting this. That way you reduce the risk of getting oils on the tape. Yes, you can also use gloves. However, I didn't think to vacuum seal the tapes. That's a great idea, great advice. When I clean my old tapes from the late 80's, I'm going to do that. Thank you for that advice.
@@woodandwheelz One very annoying thing with destroying the oils in your skin is you can only properly do that with chemical mixes such as 99% isopropanol which will have later complications like slowly destroying your skin membrane barrier but you won't have oil for 5 minutes or so at least in an air conditioned room.
This is why thin gloves are very helpful, because sunlight destroys my flesh now like a bloody vampire from years of chemical handling, A lot of people say screw it gloves are so unusable really it's just laziness in terms of actually finding the ideal glove type for your skin and hand size.
@@TheRealHarrypm Agreed. I just use Dawn Dish soap that works for about 10 minutes which is pretty much all I need. When I handle a lot of my 35mm negatives, I wash my hands then wear cotton gloves. I don't have chemical problems with my skin, but I have come to wear them a lot more often. I mostly do woodworking, I have a YT Channel, and at time I use oil based stains. I used to not care, but now I wear gloves.
This is definitely a very boring subject but very important in order to clean and preserve your dearest tapes.
Dream Emulator did a great job with his moderately fast pace and still provided detailed information about the process with an upbeat and light narrative.
Outstanding!
Thank you so much!!
Well done, explained thoroughly and seems easy enough. Thanks for the info!
You bet!
this is great! I have a very similar model Sharp VCR which produces crap video so I bought a second good player, so as it so happens, I have a spare VCR ($4 at Goodwill) for cleaning that moldy tape of mine which I've left until last to digitize.
I just took a VHS tape apart for the first time, and pieces went everywhere. I had no idea they were so fiddly.
Excellent how to video.
Thanks Swaggy!
Great rescue 🤘😎 VHS 4 LIFE!
Thank you! 4 LIFE! 📼
VHS4THETRASH!
You Sir, have a new subscriber!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed! 🤘
1:07 - 1:10
[VHS Tape Drops]
There used to be other ways to do it in Asia, very common, but cant place how they did it. They washed the tape in some liquid? Could it be film fluid?
Is it possible to actually take apart the clear reel on the spool so you can reach the actual black tape reel? Right now I don't have a working VCR I can use to clean my tapes and since most of my tapes aren't as moldy, I'm just manually cleaning
Thanks for this vdo. I have 3 tapes that are olde horreur film but are moldy. I will follow your instructions 😅
Happy to help!
@@dreamemulatorhvsc and up great! They look new now. Its actually kinda fun to do for some reason 😅
Is there anything that can be done with the top curve on the video, or is that just a bad tape? Thanks
I’m not sure, I’ll look into that. You mean on the screen? It could be your heads need to be cleaned. I’ll try and get back to you!
@dreamemulatorhvsc Thanks. Yes On the screen. Some tapes don't have it. So it might just be the tape.
Will this same method work with tapes that have been in a flooded basement?
I’ve never tried that, but if the tape is still in working condition it may work
Who the dude at 11:45 it the about
Why do you clean only one side of the tape?
That’s the side that is magnetic and stores all the data. If the bottom is dirty you can certainly clean that as well, it just doesn’t seem to get much dirt.
You look exactly like someone who cleans VHS tapes.
Put them in the trash as VHS sucks!! 🗑️👎
I passed on a 4 Superman movie set that had a nice silver box, cause all the tapes were moldy. Kinda wish I got it now 🫤