Baking tapes
From SPARK
Introduction
We were asked to restore damaged reel to reel tapes that contained Bolivian language material.
What was done
We put the tape reels in a turkey oven and baked them for 4 hours at 125 degrees.
Results
- The oxide coating was restored to the base so the tapes passed through the recorder without leaving the oxide on the heads.
- We were able to test the tapes in a number of language communities.


