On 7/20/19 10:18 AM, Mark J. Blair via cctalk wrote: > >> On Jul 20, 2019, at 9:38 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk >> <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: >> >> your cleaning machine > > I do not have a cleaning machine. Do you suppose a cyclomethicone > applicator fabricobbled into the tape path of a tape drive might > work? > > I haven't encountered these sorts of issues in 9-track tapes yet, but > I've certainly been frustrated with binder bleed and/or sticky shed > when I tried to mess with a TK50 drive. Just shipped the last batch of tapes back--there were no fewer than six of those buggers in it--all had sticky/bleed whatever. Cyclomethicone did the trick on all six. These were all from between 1969-74.
--Chuck