I had about 4 10" ampex reels that I recorded 24 hours of top 10 classical off of FM way back in the 70's and when I played one now it was the squeeky sound on the heads that alerted me that something was wrong. After researching baking I was glad to find your video on using a hydrator so now I have 3 stacked up and cooking and am anxious to see if that clears up the problem. Thanks a million.
Hoping the best for you. With 10" reels, make sure when you stack the tapes in the dehydrator that you put them on separate levels. That gives the moisture more room to dissipate rather then simply "steaming" into another tape. The slight overlap for smaller tapes is okay, because they're still mostly not sitting directly on top of one another.
Jonathan, great video. You do not however need to bake tapes from the 50s, 60s or 70s. The binders on tape from these times do not degrade. However, starting in the early 80s into the 1990s saw the widespread use of Ampex 456 using a upgraded binder formula which was a complete failure. Ampex 456 tape is the worst offender in sticky shed. Most tapes from the 60s and 70s use the classic old binders which do not shed. By the way, VHS cassettes should be opened before baking, because VHS casings are sealed well and the water vapor cannot escape from the casing. The pressure pads on cassettes can be easily re-glued into place.
Nick is correct. The formula for the binder in tapes prior to the mid-70s included whale oil, which became illegal, forcing the industry to find a substitute. I didn't go into detail about that because the 50 years of tapes I recorded on didn't include any of the older tapes. But that is an omission that could cause some problems for people. The simple way to test is to put the tape on a machine with clean heads and play it for a minute or two, then clean the heads again. Of course if the tape sticks and/or chatters from the start, stop the machine immediately. I want to add that I recently baked some 50-year-old tapes for a studio owner and still had issues where slivers of the tape peeled off the edges. It didn't affect the quality of the transferred audio and didn't accumulate on the heads.
I had tape bought in the 60s and 70s that were bad. It probably depends on when each manufacturer switched their formula. For example, Ampex began manufacturing 406 in 1975. I had no difficulty baking VHS tapes in their cases with the equipment described, and I certainly had trouble with those tapes prior to baking. However, I agree that if the pads come loose, it's proper to open the case and reglue them or put them into a newer case. A Wikipedia article says formulas for 1/4" audio cassettes do not suffer from sticky shed, but I found lots of trouble with cassettes gumming up the head of my players, so I just baked every one of them. By the way, I had many problems with pads coming loose on them as well as the splice tape coming loose from the leader.
Your notes regarding tape before the 80s are correct, Nick, as I think I mentioned in the video. Regarding VHS tapes: I baked over 100 and never had a problem, and I certainly DID before baking. One other person commenting here did have to bake his a second time where he had a problem one he got more toward the middle of the tape. Many people aren't comfortable with opening up the VHS cassettes, so I did not cover that in the video, but you're right that it would yield better results.
@@jonathanstars8437 Agree sir. I am in the middle of digitizing about 60 tapes from the mid to late 1970s. Zero problems with any of the Maxell UD 35-90 tapes. Regarding the Scotch tapes, most have sticky shed, however, some played fine, so when each manufacturer switched makes sense. Just picked Harvest Master; time will tell how I make out with the bad Scotch tapes. Thank You for this video!
I didn't remove the center on my NESCO American Harvest dehydrator. Instead I wound my 7" reels onto 10" reels. The NAB center hole fits nicely around the center piece of the dehydrator. I have baked 1/4" audio tapes and even 1/2" reel-to-reel video tapes this way. 5" reels fit without having to be wound onto other reels. I bought my NESCO at Walmart quite a few years ago. The inside of mine looks similar to the one in this video.
Very interesting! However, I caution against winding the tapes at all before baking. Every time an untreated tape goes across the heads or guides, magnetic material comes off. The stickier the tape, the worse the problem. If you know a way to rewind without having the tape touch anything, you'll be far better off. I had some tapes that were stored "tails out." (For those who don't know, once the tape reaches the end, instead of rewinding, the engineer-who may be you-leaves the tape that way to reduce "print-through," which you can read about by consulting Dr. Google.) After baking them, I mounted the tapes on the recorder/player and routed the audio-which plays backward-into my workstation. Then I used one of the built-in features to reverse the audio.
@@jonathanstars8437 A lot of my tapes are Scotch brand. In the 1950's through 1970's they made tapes with good binders that have not needed baking. Then when they started producing dull backed tape they lost the charm. Ampex tape always had problems. I guess you unwind a foot or so to see if there is a problem with the binding but if there is no problem, then no need to bake. Someone sent me 4 tapes to digitize which I put up on RUclips. Each did not require baking. One was in an Ampex box and reel. Here are two of them: ruclips.net/video/IS5Mkp8Rrsc/видео.html ruclips.net/video/BRUzWmMNeM4/видео.html
@@CV2200A Wow! They're very crisp and clear-well, except the old-style reporter at about 5:30 in the 2nd video. Did you have to do any processing to clean up any noise?
@@jonathanstars8437 These were the tapes that were made at the station. The gentleman who sent them to me was impressed, having forgot how good the sound was in the studio. No processing needed. Not through the broadcast processor. Good microphones, perhaps AKG. Yes at the 5:30 position they cue a record with a scratch on it through the same mixer board. Thus was an easy listening station in 1968. A tape I made in 1963 recorded from a TV had a hum which I had to remove. Recorded on Scotch 190 with no shed or squeel problems. ruclips.net/video/AZj3wUrYjr8/видео.html Another recorded one year later with a better TV sounded better. Maestro double play tape which was an Audiotape reject brand. No shed or squeel. ruclips.net/video/96c_pUriICc/видео.html Compare to this recording which I only have a copy from the radio station tape.. Each report except the first are my high school language lab copy of the radio station copy from the original edited tapes. The first report about fingerprinting was recorded off the air from WCBS-AM. All tapes did not need to be baked. ruclips.net/video/laDfb0jY764/видео.html
@@CV2200A Coming back, I'm sorry how badly smeared my own video here is. I worked for EQ Magazine, they down-sampled the video to fit on their server, and I didn't keep my original copy. Probably only of slight interest to you, but my parents were friends with Jim Roberts from the Lawrence Welk Show. He shows up here on your video: ruclips.net/video/AZj3wUrYjr8/видео.html Friends of my parents had a daughter, who married Jim, which is how my folks got to know him. Anyway, the reason I asked about plug-ins is that I just bought an amazing one from Waves Audio called Clarity VX Pro. Just turn the dial, but there are lots of more detailed options available within the dialogs.
Jonathan Stars This is AMAZING.. Is there anyway possible that I can email you. I want to be able to show you what I have, as in my problem.? I have 8mm handy cam tapes that have white "mould" that keeps the tape itself stuck to itself. i opened one and spent weeks slowly unravelling the tape but it would tear in parts. Would this process help this problem I have..?? PLEASE HELP......PLEASSSSEEEEEEE
Yes, this would work for your issue, but there is more … First I would put on a high quality painter's mask with filter chambers. Some molds are toxic. Then work outside or in a garage with the door open. The hard part is opening up the tape cartridge, because some cartridges have springs that fly all over the place when you open them up. It's also fussy to handle the tape spools without the tape unraveling, which would require a lot of time hand-winding it back onto the spools, so take your time and work slowly. Now work with a soft brush to get as much of the mold off the upper and lower edges of the tape as you can-again, while wearing the mask. Do all of this without unwinding any more of the tape than you already have. Now comes time for the baking. Follow the instruction in the video, but put the dehydrator outside or in a garage with the door open, since the fan will blow some of the remaining mold into the air. You don't want that in your house or your lungs! You will still likely have damaged areas that are unrecoverable, since you already said the tape has torn, but depending on the content, it may be worth it. You just need to ask yourself how important the material is.
@@jonathanstars8437 First of all, thank you for getting back to me. I contacted an English guy and his response about the Mould and using a Hydrator was "Baking doesn't help at all with mould, that's for a different problem called sticky-shed syndrome." Now I don't know what to think or believe.??
@@hoppymulhern1 The English guy is correct-partially. Baking won't help the mold. But you have 2 problems: mold and sticky shed. That's why I explained about the mask and using a brush before baking. I think looking at this fellows video will provide you with more detailed information about your video tape, although he doesn't address the mold problem. He also shows a different dehydrator, which will give you another option. He runs the machine for days. I don't think that's necessary. He also has another video about working with video tape. I'll leave it to you to track that down.. ruclips.net/video/50uL9BqVOHM/видео.html Something I mentioned in my video is that I will often take apart the cassette. You're going to need to do that to get as much of the mold off as you can. I have a spare tape handy in case I mess up the cassette or lose parts. But you need to be handy with tools and have some idea of the mechanics involved. Another choice would be to send the tape to me, keeping in mind that it might be beyond repair. Again, I'll ask how important the material is. If you've already unwound part of the tape, some of it may have peeled off and be irretrievable.
Here's another video, but you can't do this the same way with the mini video tape machines. I point it out to show you what you're up against. ruclips.net/video/Kn2NWJzxS6k/видео.html This one might be helpful, too. But I would bake a tape before pulling it out of the cassette, because you mentioned that the tape was stuck to itself. Pulling out the tape under those conditions will just rip more of the magnetic material off. ruclips.net/video/hudU0uVHJPc/видео.html
Very helpful video. I'm about to use this technique on some tapes I have from the 1970s that are shedding. Three questions: (1) Can baking for a longer time, say overnight, cause any problem? (2) If you bake a tape that isn't sticking or shedding, can that harm the tape? (3) How do you get rid of the white mold that may be on a tape?
It doesn't hurt them to bake them longer. Just make sure you're staying within the temperature guidelines I talked about: 125 - 135 degrees fahrenheit. Same with tapes that aren't shedding. For mold, you should be careful to bake the tapes where you won't be inhaling the powder they blow into the air during the baking process. Some molds are bad for you. So I bake those tapes first, they I run them through the machine on high speed with a soft cloth in my fingers, lightly pinching the tape to wipe the mold off before it gets to the record/playback heads. Stop the tape often and change to a clean part of the cloth. Don't twist the tape while you do this, and you'd be wise to wear a filtered mask like painters use to avoid breathing the spoors. Then you should clean the full path the tape passed through while you were cleaning off the mold.
I have a box of gooey Ampex VHS tapes I'm finally experimenting with! I baked 2 for 8hrs and they played well enough for about an hour, and then the picture started rolling some. I'm thinking maybe the dehydrator works better on tape more towards the outside of the reel and can't penetrate the inside. Can/should I bake them again? How soon?
You are right. When it comes to video tapes, the reels aren't as open as reel-to-reel audio recording tape. The cassette is closed off. So bake them again. You can do it immediately, no waiting necessary.
Why not get one of the dehydrators and do it yourself. It would cost you a whole lot less. No 2-way shipping plus my work involved. Also, I've run into quite a few moldy tapes that can be dangerous to my health-and yours.
Hi, Ryan! Sorry for the late reply. At about 5:00 into the video I'm demonstrating with 1/4-inch tape. I leave them in for 2 hours, but it doesn't hurt to go longer, and I do the same 2 hours with 1/2-inch tape. A couple times I was out of the room when my timer went off, and I left them in for as long as 4 hours with no ill effects.
It will affect the audio in a positive direction by making it playable. Without baking, the magnetic material will likely come off, gum up the heads, cause tape chatter, and possibly tear the tape.
hi to all out there last year i baked 7 x 2 inch in my gas oven at 55c note start a 4 hrs with out boxs yes all was ok ampex master i have 100 plus i had to do note you have to air the room you bake the tape in you can fill the you now what drying on on you skin so i better to leave a door open note you can use a gas oven ok note it was min it would go i had you open the gas door abit yes you need a temp unit to keep a eye o the heat level note it work ace did it in the cool out side in the uk there's not alot of 2 inch tapes alot are baked and re used the people i got tape from having hard time selling them 1/2 inch 1 inch are liked more
hi i had to bake some 406 tapes i can tell you the 406 on 1 inch nab don't bake well out of the 90 tape 15 reel nab came out bad tape was ok i got some metal nab's and moved the tape to them ok
Hi, Bob. I'm sorry you had some problems with your 406 tapes. I baked a number of those for myself and a client without difficulty. As I mentioned in the video, those need to be bake longer than 1/4-inch tape. If you did as I suggested and still had problems, it's possible there was some other issue with those tapes or that you were following a procedure different from the one I used. NOTE: For those who don't know, NAB stands for National Association of Broadcasters. NAB reels are metal (mostly 10½-inches) with large center holes.
Your technique has to be the best method to follow, for it virtually guarantees success every time.
I had about 4 10" ampex reels that I recorded 24 hours of top 10 classical off of FM way back in the 70's and when I played one now it was the squeeky sound on the heads that alerted me that something was wrong. After researching baking I was glad to find your video on using a hydrator so now I have 3 stacked up and cooking and am anxious to see if that clears up the problem. Thanks a million.
Hoping the best for you. With 10" reels, make sure when you stack the tapes in the dehydrator that you put them on separate levels. That gives the moisture more room to dissipate rather then simply "steaming" into another tape. The slight overlap for smaller tapes is okay, because they're still mostly not sitting directly on top of one another.
So how did it go, sverny? Were you able to recover the audio?
Jonathan, great video. You do not however need to bake tapes from the 50s, 60s or 70s. The binders on tape from these times do not degrade. However, starting in the early 80s into the 1990s saw the widespread use of Ampex 456 using a upgraded binder formula which was a complete failure. Ampex 456 tape is the worst offender in sticky shed. Most tapes from the 60s and 70s use the classic old binders which do not shed. By the way, VHS cassettes should be opened before baking, because VHS casings are sealed well and the water vapor cannot escape from the casing. The pressure pads on cassettes can be easily re-glued into place.
Nick is correct. The formula for the binder in tapes prior to the mid-70s included whale oil, which became illegal, forcing the industry to find a substitute. I didn't go into detail about that because the 50 years of tapes I recorded on didn't include any of the older tapes. But that is an omission that could cause some problems for people. The simple way to test is to put the tape on a machine with clean heads and play it for a minute or two, then clean the heads again. Of course if the tape sticks and/or chatters from the start, stop the machine immediately.
I want to add that I recently baked some 50-year-old tapes for a studio owner and still had issues where slivers of the tape peeled off the edges. It didn't affect the quality of the transferred audio and didn't accumulate on the heads.
I had tape bought in the 60s and 70s that were bad. It probably depends on when each manufacturer switched their formula. For example, Ampex began manufacturing 406 in 1975.
I had no difficulty baking VHS tapes in their cases with the equipment described, and I certainly had trouble with those tapes prior to baking. However, I agree that if the pads come loose, it's proper to open the case and reglue them or put them into a newer case.
A Wikipedia article says formulas for 1/4" audio cassettes do not suffer from sticky shed, but I found lots of trouble with cassettes gumming up the head of my players, so I just baked every one of them. By the way, I had many problems with pads coming loose on them as well as the splice tape coming loose from the leader.
Your notes regarding tape before the 80s are correct, Nick, as I think I mentioned in the video. Regarding VHS tapes: I baked over 100 and never had a problem, and I certainly DID before baking.
One other person commenting here did have to bake his a second time where he had a problem one he got more toward the middle of the tape.
Many people aren't comfortable with opening up the VHS cassettes, so I did not cover that in the video, but you're right that it would yield better results.
@@jonathanstars8437 Agree sir. I am in the middle of digitizing about 60 tapes from the mid to late 1970s. Zero problems with any of the Maxell UD 35-90 tapes. Regarding the Scotch tapes, most have sticky shed, however, some played fine, so when each manufacturer switched makes sense. Just picked Harvest Master; time will tell how I make out with the bad Scotch tapes. Thank You for this video!
@@livinglifeourway7736 This is good information, and will probably be helpful to other reader/viewers. Thanks for the details!
Great a true video. Thanks for posting. Tape on! 🎶
I didn't remove the center on my NESCO American Harvest dehydrator. Instead I wound my 7" reels onto 10" reels. The NAB center hole fits nicely around the center piece of the dehydrator. I have baked 1/4" audio tapes and even 1/2" reel-to-reel video tapes this way. 5" reels fit without having to be wound onto other reels. I bought my NESCO at Walmart quite a few years ago. The inside of mine looks similar to the one in this video.
Very interesting! However, I caution against winding the tapes at all before baking. Every time an untreated tape goes across the heads or guides, magnetic material comes off. The stickier the tape, the worse the problem. If you know a way to rewind without having the tape touch anything, you'll be far better off.
I had some tapes that were stored "tails out." (For those who don't know, once the tape reaches the end, instead of rewinding, the engineer-who may be you-leaves the tape that way to reduce "print-through," which you can read about by consulting Dr. Google.) After baking them, I mounted the tapes on the recorder/player and routed the audio-which plays backward-into my workstation. Then I used one of the built-in features to reverse the audio.
@@jonathanstars8437 A lot of my tapes are Scotch brand. In the 1950's through 1970's they made tapes with good binders that have not needed baking. Then when they started producing dull backed tape they lost the charm. Ampex tape always had problems. I guess you unwind a foot or so to see if there is a problem with the binding but if there is no problem, then no need to bake. Someone sent me 4 tapes to digitize which I put up on RUclips. Each did not require baking. One was in an Ampex box and reel. Here are two of them:
ruclips.net/video/IS5Mkp8Rrsc/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/BRUzWmMNeM4/видео.html
@@CV2200A Wow! They're very crisp and clear-well, except the old-style reporter at about 5:30 in the 2nd video. Did you have to do any processing to clean up any noise?
@@jonathanstars8437 These were the tapes that were made at the station. The gentleman who sent them to me was impressed, having forgot how good the sound was in the studio. No processing needed. Not through the broadcast processor. Good microphones, perhaps AKG. Yes at the 5:30 position they cue a record with a scratch on it through the same mixer board. Thus was an easy listening station in 1968.
A tape I made in 1963 recorded from a TV had a hum which I had to remove. Recorded on Scotch 190 with no shed or squeel problems. ruclips.net/video/AZj3wUrYjr8/видео.html
Another recorded one year later with a better TV sounded better. Maestro double play tape which was an Audiotape reject brand. No shed or squeel. ruclips.net/video/96c_pUriICc/видео.html
Compare to this recording which I only have a copy from the radio station tape.. Each report except the first are my high school language lab copy of the radio station copy from the original edited tapes. The first report about fingerprinting was recorded off the air from WCBS-AM. All tapes did not need to be baked. ruclips.net/video/laDfb0jY764/видео.html
@@CV2200A Coming back, I'm sorry how badly smeared my own video here is. I worked for EQ Magazine, they down-sampled the video to fit on their server, and I didn't keep my original copy.
Probably only of slight interest to you, but my parents were friends with Jim Roberts from the Lawrence Welk Show. He shows up here on your video: ruclips.net/video/AZj3wUrYjr8/видео.html
Friends of my parents had a daughter, who married Jim, which is how my folks got to know him.
Anyway, the reason I asked about plug-ins is that I just bought an amazing one from Waves Audio called Clarity VX Pro. Just turn the dial, but there are lots of more detailed options available within the dialogs.
thanks for this video.regards from the netherlands.Ben.
Thanks for watching!
Bob, How long do you bake cassettes at 125 degrees?
Use the same length of time as the standard reel-to-reel tapes: about 2 hours. But it never hurts to go longer.
Jonathan Stars This is AMAZING.. Is there anyway possible that I can email you. I want to be able to show you what I have, as in my problem.? I have 8mm handy cam tapes that have white "mould" that keeps the tape itself stuck to itself. i opened one and spent weeks slowly unravelling the tape but it would tear in parts. Would this process help this problem I have..?? PLEASE HELP......PLEASSSSEEEEEEE
Yes, this would work for your issue, but there is more … First I would put on a high quality painter's mask with filter chambers. Some molds are toxic. Then work outside or in a garage with the door open. The hard part is opening up the tape cartridge, because some cartridges have springs that fly all over the place when you open them up. It's also fussy to handle the tape spools without the tape unraveling, which would require a lot of time hand-winding it back onto the spools, so take your time and work slowly. Now work with a soft brush to get as much of the mold off the upper and lower edges of the tape as you can-again, while wearing the mask. Do all of this without unwinding any more of the tape than you already have. Now comes time for the baking. Follow the instruction in the video, but put the dehydrator outside or in a garage with the door open, since the fan will blow some of the remaining mold into the air. You don't want that in your house or your lungs! You will still likely have damaged areas that are unrecoverable, since you already said the tape has torn, but depending on the content, it may be worth it. You just need to ask yourself how important the material is.
@@jonathanstars8437 First of all, thank you for getting back to me. I contacted an English guy and his response about the Mould and using a Hydrator was "Baking doesn't help at all with mould, that's for a different problem called sticky-shed syndrome." Now I don't know what to think or believe.??
@@hoppymulhern1 The English guy is correct-partially. Baking won't help the mold. But you have 2 problems: mold and sticky shed. That's why I explained about the mask and using a brush before baking. I think looking at this fellows video will provide you with more detailed information about your video tape, although he doesn't address the mold problem. He also shows a different dehydrator, which will give you another option. He runs the machine for days. I don't think that's necessary. He also has another video about working with video tape. I'll leave it to you to track that down.. ruclips.net/video/50uL9BqVOHM/видео.html
Something I mentioned in my video is that I will often take apart the cassette. You're going to need to do that to get as much of the mold off as you can. I have a spare tape handy in case I mess up the cassette or lose parts. But you need to be handy with tools and have some idea of the mechanics involved. Another choice would be to send the tape to me, keeping in mind that it might be beyond repair. Again, I'll ask how important the material is. If you've already unwound part of the tape, some of it may have peeled off and be irretrievable.
Here's another video, but you can't do this the same way with the mini video tape machines. I point it out to show you what you're up against. ruclips.net/video/Kn2NWJzxS6k/видео.html
This one might be helpful, too. But I would bake a tape before pulling it out of the cassette, because you mentioned that the tape was stuck to itself. Pulling out the tape under those conditions will just rip more of the magnetic material off. ruclips.net/video/hudU0uVHJPc/видео.html
@@jonathanstars8437 Thanks again for this great advice. Is there anyway I could talk to you..?
Very helpful video. I'm about to use this technique on some tapes I have from the 1970s that are shedding. Three questions: (1) Can baking for a longer time, say overnight, cause any problem? (2) If you bake a tape that isn't sticking or shedding, can that harm the tape? (3) How do you get rid of the white mold that may be on a tape?
It doesn't hurt them to bake them longer. Just make sure you're staying within the temperature guidelines I talked about: 125 - 135 degrees fahrenheit. Same with tapes that aren't shedding.
For mold, you should be careful to bake the tapes where you won't be inhaling the powder they blow into the air during the baking process. Some molds are bad for you. So I bake those tapes first, they I run them through the machine on high speed with a soft cloth in my fingers, lightly pinching the tape to wipe the mold off before it gets to the record/playback heads. Stop the tape often and change to a clean part of the cloth. Don't twist the tape while you do this, and you'd be wise to wear a filtered mask like painters use to avoid breathing the spoors. Then you should clean the full path the tape passed through while you were cleaning off the mold.
I have a box of gooey Ampex VHS tapes I'm finally experimenting with! I baked 2 for 8hrs and they played well enough for about an hour, and then the picture started rolling some. I'm thinking maybe the dehydrator works better on tape more towards the outside of the reel and can't penetrate the inside. Can/should I bake them again? How soon?
You are right. When it comes to video tapes, the reels aren't as open as reel-to-reel audio recording tape. The cassette is closed off. So bake them again. You can do it immediately, no waiting necessary.
Jonathan do you provide the service of restoring Ampex 2 inc tape? Im looking to get a tape baked so I can transfer it to a daw like pro tools.
Why not get one of the dehydrators and do it yourself. It would cost you a whole lot less. No 2-way shipping plus my work involved.
Also, I've run into quite a few moldy tapes that can be dangerous to my health-and yours.
How long total are you baking the 1/2 tapes from the beginning of the video...
Hi, Ryan! Sorry for the late reply. At about 5:00 into the video I'm demonstrating with 1/4-inch tape. I leave them in for 2 hours, but it doesn't hurt to go longer, and I do the same 2 hours with 1/2-inch tape. A couple times I was out of the room when my timer went off, and I left them in for as long as 4 hours with no ill effects.
@@jonathanstars8437 hello. Can I send you a few tapes to see if you could fix them. I've tried everywhere
Will it affect the quality of the audio on 1/2”?
It will affect the audio in a positive direction by making it playable. Without baking, the magnetic material will likely come off, gum up the heads, cause tape chatter, and possibly tear the tape.
hi to all out there last year i baked 7 x 2 inch in my gas oven at 55c note start a 4 hrs with out boxs yes all was ok ampex master
i have 100 plus i had to do note you have to air the room you bake the tape in you can fill the you now what drying on on you skin
so i better to leave a door open note you can use a gas oven ok note it was min it would go i had you open the gas door abit
yes you need a temp unit to keep a eye o the heat level note it work ace did it in the cool out side
in the uk there's not alot of 2 inch tapes alot are baked and re used the people i got tape from having hard time selling them
1/2 inch 1 inch are liked more
hi i had to bake some 406 tapes i can tell you the 406 on 1 inch nab don't bake well out of the 90 tape 15 reel nab came out bad
tape was ok i got some metal nab's and moved the tape to them ok
Hi, Bob. I'm sorry you had some problems with your 406 tapes. I baked a number of those for myself and a client without difficulty. As I mentioned in the video, those need to be bake longer than 1/4-inch tape. If you did as I suggested and still had problems, it's possible there was some other issue with those tapes or that you were following a procedure different from the one I used.
NOTE: For those who don't know, NAB stands for National Association of Broadcasters. NAB reels are metal (mostly 10½-inches) with large center holes.