[QuadList] Tape baking

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> On 25 April 2014 at 20:03 Glenn Gundlach <stratus46 at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> We've had great success with baking polyester based quad (and audio)
> tapes both at ADS and CBS. We're wondering about the 'old red stuff'
> which might be acetate. I've heard some say 'don't bake it' but no one
> gives a reason why. One of the websites says acetate tends to dry out
> and get brittle so I imagine heating it up will just make it worse. We
> have not damaged anybody's tape yet and want to keep it that way.
>
> Does anybody have success or horror stories concerning acetate tape?

To the best of my knowledge, acetate tape doesn't exhibit the binder
fault which necessitates baking.

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