Totally agree with you on the need to educate customers about these sweatshop companies that wreck their tapes. So good to see you take care of your customer's memories. People need to understand that they need to go with the experts to retrieve 20 - 30 year old VHS footage. This technology was never designed to last this long. With care, your memories CAN be recovered.

ive always been mesmerized by vhs, and your content is just facinating to me, keep doing what you do

I have watched a bunch of your videos, and this is the best video on cleaning moldy tape on youtube!!!! Are you worried about breathing in the mold dust? Thanks

I have a vintage boxing channel. 40+ year old Betamax and VHS tapes. I wish I had a pound for every machine I have aligned without equipment and mouldy tape I have cleaned manually.. I wish I had your setup. Sometimes I have had to align heads just for one tape that had been recorded on some old crappy unit. It really is a tedious job sometimes.

Congratulations on the channel, it's great to see VHS memory being preserved. I am a collector from Brazil and as such, we also have to deal with the problem of mold on tapes. One of the biggest issues we face is the sticky mold, the one that tears the tapes when trying to remove it, and another one is stains on the tape. Do you have any tips on how to deal with these stains? Thanks in advance! Note: On my channel, I upload movies that I convert from my VHS tape collection.

I happen to have a couple of vhs tapes with slight mould on them, one of them I only noticed the other night when I was about to watch it so I thought nah I don't think it would be sensible to insert it into my machine, it's now back on my shelf! It's a rather old one , might have to try the razor blade method to clean it! It was from a house clerance and could tell it must of been stored in a damp place, it's only very mild so I don't think splicing that section would harm it, unless it's turned to sticky tape no pun intended!

You cleaning the top of the reel, but what's about the bottom? Shouldn't be there mold as well? Nice vids btw!

Such a cool video!! I’ve got about 100 VHS tapes and half of them were stored in the garage😂 when I thought about how fragile the tape itself is I realized I’d have to clean these at some point, I didn’t realize how much work can go into it! Is one of those machines worth to purchase or am I better off sending my collection in and just avoid the headache of breaking my own tapes?

I just saw a painful article were someone praised legacy box even though they coulnd't fix the garbled part of the tape they probably did not watch the tracking.

Bonjour quel tissus utilisé vous pour nettoyer les k7 et film cinéma ? Merci pour vos vidéo il y a un chien qui travail à vous ?

What would be your vcr of choice for an archival quality vhs capture?

Yessss!!!!!!

What iso alcohol do you use? Was looking at some MG Chemicals - 824-1L 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol Electronics Cleaner

Great video, is there a name for that particular fabric that youre using? Thanks!

What material fabric is placed on the rollers?

A question do you dampen the rollers or just keep them dry?

Have you been able to use VHS C tapes with this machine?

Good job on this. But you mentioned allergies. That is something that can develop overtime due to constant exposure to allergens. Please don't touch the mold with your bare hands. Get those thin disposable gloves that come in packs of 100 for under $2.

Have you ever gotten sick breathing in the mold dust?

How do you restore worn out VHS tapes?

Great the best yet the Dogs Bollocks!. I have been doing the same thing for 30 years here in the USA.

Or you can do it when the reel is empty.

Instead of Alcohol can use sanitizer spray to clean