[Quadlist] Tape cleaning solutions

[Allan D McConnell]

Steve, 

I'm anxious to read the responses to your question about cleaning videotapes.   Here in the NAVCC, National Audio Video Conservation Center, we are hoping to resume transferring 2" quad tapes in the very near future.   I never liked, and do not approve of, those older harsh methods for cleaning quad tapes.   Sure would like to find a more suitable solution to the problem.  And in addition to the dirty tapes was the problem of migrating glu and adhesive from inside the tape library care boxes as the foam liners decomposed! 

AM




Allan McConnell
The Library of Congress
Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center
Packard Campus
19053 Mount Pony Road
Culpeper, VA 22701-7551

e-mail - amcc at loc.gov
http://www.loc.gov/avconservation/packard/ 

CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:
All opinions expressed are my own and do not represent the official view of the Library of Congress 
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>>> "Steve Greene" <steve.greene at nara.gov> 7/29/2008 11:00 AM >>>
Hello,
I am the audiovisual archivist at the Nixon Presidential Library.  The
Nixon Library has over 4,000 quad recordings scattered over several
collections.  My colleagues at several Presidential Libraries have
several thousand more recordings.
 
My question is:  how do folks clean their quad tapes before
transferring?  Several years ago, when I was transferring in-house, we
used a Recortec, which always made me a bit nervous.  What solutions are
out there for cleaning at slower speeds and without the use of abrasive
blades or grids?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
 
Steve Greene
Archivist
Nixon Presidential Library and Museum
(301) 837-1772

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