Cleaning Moldy VHS Tapes: My First Attempt

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6 жыл бұрын

please remember to be safe: don't snort the mold, drink the Isopropyl or make sweet, sweet love to a plugged in VCR
(seriously though - be careful with electronics and chemicals)
Anyway this is my first attempt at cleaning the mold from some old VHS tapes so I can put them into my good VCR for digitizing.
After editing and uploading the video I realised I didn't actually say which method I thought was best! I'd say that if you have a machine with a suitable place to wrap something around then use the cotton pad method but if not then use the swab- I guess it depends on your machine. Also, I only cleaned one side of the tape so if necessary you might want to use a pad for one side and the swab for the other.
I had a look online for professional cleaning services and there's plenty out there but I thought I'd have a go at doing it myself as the mold wasn't that bad.
If you want to see the vids that I watched prior to doing it (and there are more out there) then here are the links:
Devils Avalanche Films: • Cleaning mouldy and fi...
Dustin Kramer: • How to Clean a Moldy V...
2ombieboy's VHS Vault: • How to Clean And remov...
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@paulhillam9185 11 ай бұрын

Good first attempt at cleaning a moldy tape. Isopropanol is fast-evaporating. Needs very little liquid on your swab or cleaning pad. A tiny moist dot of liquid on a one inch piece of chamois leather works well. Avoid using cotton wool balls or pads. Cotton cu-tips are fine, but use care if using the ends around the video pick-up chips. I too have used old VHS, Betamax and Philips N1700 machines to clean the respective tapes. I am currently building a tape cleaner that accepts interchangeable hubs so it can clean numerous formats..

@finnmanproductions9240 Жыл бұрын

I skipped the first stage and just opened the cassette tape then used a cotton wool stick pushed under the plastic to clean it. No liquids. The mold is mostly sitting on the reel. Went fine and was able to copy it onto my pc. Quality was very good.

@johnbellamy3406 6 жыл бұрын

This was like watching a segment of that 70s TV kids program called HOW. You are a braver man than I. Dicing with death by operating an electrical appliance with the back off is one thing, but opening up a cassette like that takes real nerve. I did it once and still bare the scars. Glad it worked out for you.

@JohnnyCeed 6 жыл бұрын

Haha- "HOW"- now there's a blast from the past! Back when kids programs actually had presenters old enough to know what they were talking about. And yes, I've killed enough tapes in the past by trying to take them apart that I know how perilous it can be.

@JOXVOX 3 жыл бұрын

Very informative, good video, helped me just in time.

@valuevinyl110 6 жыл бұрын

About Description: Well there goes my Saturday night... also "Don't don't piss about with plugged in electronics" This was an excellent video... i learned a lot! Thank you! Now I know some things to do and not do! I never saw the inside of the cassette before.

@joshuapowell1868 Жыл бұрын

Great video everything proven mold vhs tapes looks like a scratch on it when you are Wiching them on your tvs everything proven they look like a scratch but they are not they are mold