BillnShell
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I have 2 7" Ampex 456 reels in sealed boxes. There is no date code on the grey boxes. If I need to bake them, I'm guessing I'd need to transfer them to a metal reel which, concidering I don't have a deck with Idler rollers, and the thought of removing the heads to re-pack, well, mabey I should just keep them as memorabilia
I'm waiting to hear back on another thread for the best place to buy new tape, but for the dozen or so TDK reels I bought in Japan in 1980, and 2 Maxell XLI 35-90B bought in the late 80's, also on plastic reels, I'm wondering how those two brands fared regarding sticky shed, and if it's worth trying to re-pack them onto metal reels without removing the heads, and bake? I should mention that these tapes were stored in a carboard box in garages ( I know better now thanx to recently finding this site ). There is no mold, and upon carefully un-reeling 20 or so feet of tape, there appears to be nothing notable regarding any "stickyness". Is this a good test, or am I all washed up?
Sincerely,
Bill
I'm waiting to hear back on another thread for the best place to buy new tape, but for the dozen or so TDK reels I bought in Japan in 1980, and 2 Maxell XLI 35-90B bought in the late 80's, also on plastic reels, I'm wondering how those two brands fared regarding sticky shed, and if it's worth trying to re-pack them onto metal reels without removing the heads, and bake? I should mention that these tapes were stored in a carboard box in garages ( I know better now thanx to recently finding this site ). There is no mold, and upon carefully un-reeling 20 or so feet of tape, there appears to be nothing notable regarding any "stickyness". Is this a good test, or am I all washed up?
Sincerely,
Bill