Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2005 19:19:09 -0600
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From:         phillip holmes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: Squealing Scotch 996
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So there's no "fix" for it?  I'm not proposing Mobil One, but you can't fix 
it like baking sticky shed?
Phillip
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard L. Hess"


> Gak!
>
> Hi, Conrad,
>
> What do you know about the history of this reel?
>
> If you're not seeing any buildup and it's squealing, you may have:
>
> L O S S    O F   L U B R I C A N T
>
> or LoL
>
> I've been on this bandwagon ever since I found several Sony reels that 
> exhibited this.
>
> Our resident Southern Kiwi, Marie O'Connell is a world-class expert in 
> dealing with LoL.
>
> IMHO, LoL may become a worse problem than SSS as we go through the years. 
> I've seen it more on cassettes than reels, but Marie's experience is 
> hundreds of reels of a tape brand that we don't see here much in North 
> America (not Zonal, Agfa, or BASF IIRC).
>
> She taught me how to play them wet with isopropyl alcohol. People were 
> kind to me at my recent seminar and didn't bring a piece of tape doing 
> this evil thing.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Richard