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Hi all, could anyone give me the general procedure for ironing out some 
crinkled tape stock?  I assume (I think I read somewhere) that you 
sandwich the tape between a couple of sheets of heavy paper, set it on a 
hard and flat surface, and with the iron on the lowest setting run back 
and forth over the offending areas until you achieve happiness.
john barrick
1407

john barrick wrote:

> Hi all, could anyone give me the general procedure for ironing out some
> crinkled tape stock?  I assume (I think I read somewhere) that you
> sandwich the tape between a couple of sheets of heavy paper, set it on a
> hard and flat surface, and with the iron on the lowest setting run back
> and forth over the offending areas until you achieve happiness.
> john barrick
> 1407

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Hi John and Gang,   If tapes aren't severely crinkled , they
MAY be recovered to some degree. If  "accordioned" , I'm afraid
they're ready for the skip.


I experimented with old BBS tapes , which were due to be tossed.
First, I cleaned them well, as not to press any dirt further into the
tape thru ironing process.    As mentioned above, the LOWEST
setting of the iron.   I placed the tape under a soft piece of cotton,
atop soft padded ironing board.   Running the iron slowly over the crease
will gradually diminish the offending spot. You may need to try this also
on a test tape for speed and general technique first.


Result,  about 85% were recovered.  Not that bad.

Let me(us) know about results, John.   Good Luck !

-- Jerry Korb  (planning to tour the Flatiron Bldg. in NYC next week)

Thanks, Jerry.  These aren't accordioned - more of a few crinkles
running from the edge to about halfway through the width - I guess
3/16ths.  A couple of them correspond to notes that have some obvious
drop outs in them and the other corresponds to a note (A2) that seems to
have some rather energetic tremolo (I don't think it's vibrato), though
if I had to make a guess, I'm betting on it being caused by the pinch
roller running somewhat out of parallel with the tape path (and that the
crinkles are the result of the tape being pulled against the edge of the
guides).  I'll be checking this over in the next few days and let you
know if I get any definitive results.

john"if'n you catch enough, them Ilks make some good eatin'"b
1407


Jerry Korb wrote:

>  
>
> john barrick wrote:
>
>> Hi all, could anyone give me the general procedure for ironing out some
>> crinkled tape stock?  I assume (I think I read somewhere) that you
>> sandwich the tape between a couple of sheets of heavy paper, set it on a
>> hard and flat surface, and with the iron on the lowest setting run back
>> and forth over the offending areas until you achieve happiness.
>> john barrick
>> 1407
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>
> *Hi John and Gang,   If tapes aren't severely crinkled , they*
> *MAY be recovered to some degree. If  "accordioned" , I'm afraid*
> *they're ready for the skip.*
>  
>
> *I experimented with old BBS tapes , which were due to be tossed.*
> *First, I cleaned them well, as not to press any dirt further into the*
> *tape thru ironing process.    As mentioned above, the LOWEST*
> *setting of the iron.   I placed the tape under a soft piece of cotton,*
> *atop soft padded ironing board.   Running the iron slowly over the 
> crease*
> *will gradually diminish the offending spot. You may need to try this 
> also*
> *on a test tape for speed and general technique first.*
>  
>
> *Result,  about 85% were recovered.  Not that bad.*
>
> *Let me(us) know about results, John.   Good Luck !*
>
> *-- Jerry Korb  (planning to tour the Flatiron Bldg. in NYC next 
> week)*