Just as a follow-up, I retensioned and read both tapes with clear bands this morning, and
they're fine. Since they were parked, there shouldn't have been anything important
there, and it looks like the removed oxide is staying on the band.
Thanks,
Jonathan
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On Wednesday, January 19th, 2022 at 10:46, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <cctalk at
classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 1/18/22 22:32, Alan Perry via cctalk wrote:
On 1/18/22 8:22 AM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
wrote:
You should be warned that Plastibands
do deteriorate after a year or so--I have a package of them that cannot
be stretched without breaking.
Do you keep them in sealed bags? I keep mine in a zip-lock and the ones
that I got a couple years ago stretch just fine. (I checked after I saw
this.)
No, I didn't--I did keep them in a dark, cool place, however. Now, I
keep bands in my freezer.
--Chuck