Tape Brands and 'Sticky Shed'.

[KentTeffeteller]

TDK Audua is good tape, similar in quality to Maxell UD in the day. Reliable too. Never any sticky shed.

 

[Karma16]

HI,
Well, I haven't read here of a specific tape that sticky sheds. Are we dancing around the subject? Personally, I have never seen it.

Sparky

 

[ChopperChas]

Hate to break it, but I've got a batch of Scotch 207 tapes with early signs of sticky shed. Sticky blank gunky residue on my guides after a fast wind.

Charles.

 

[audiojones]

May not have been stored properly, that can cause any tape to break down and get gummy. Scotch 206 and 207 is very good tape, however stay far away from Scotch 226, 227 and "Classic" (all of which look and smell identical to 206/207 and come on the same tinted reel but use a defective back costing formula). Scotch 226, 227 and "Classic" are guaranteed to cause a sticky gummed up mess if you try to use them, never once had a reel of these that didn't crap up one of my machines. I think sometimes tapes get put back in the wrong box and folks think they have 206/207 when they actually have 226, 227 or "Classic" in a 206 or 207 box.

 

[BOUXY]

dr*audio "BASF tapes are ok but LH have a lot of oxide ruboff. Won't stick to the heads but you will need to clean more frequently"

The dr is right on about cleaning but really not just BASF but any Tape brand being used if you want great performance from any R2R ! Maintenance is the KEY word here really any old Tape being used on many older R2R's even Tapes known for being good well that's just good preventive maintenance for good to great recordings.I use only BASF Tapes that are all over 50 yrs old(got a deal on 200 Reels) All work,tape and sound excellent but like I said and in my case,cleaning all Head,rollers and Tape guides every time a new/old tape is played to me is just common sense if you want trouble free listening pleasure

 

[ChopperChas]

Also, I have a back-coated Scotch Highlander 228 tape, and no shed on it. Sometimes I get a little residue on the left guide, but no problems with a fast wind, and it leaves no residue on the heads, rollers, or the three other guides (RT-909).

 

[BOUXY]

As stated before with any older and sometimes newer Brands,maintenance maintenance maintenance and cleaning of the complete Tape guides and pathways will give you and get you the most optimum sound and performance bar none

 

[revox-b77]

Has anyone compiled a 'definitive' list of tapes to avoid, regarding 'sticky shed'?

How about the last "Sticky" in the Tape forum: "A Sticky (tape) story"?

 

[62vauxhall]

The worst offender I've encountered was Sony PR-150, a real squealer and there's tons of it out there. I don't even bother taking it for a test drive anymore.

Ampex 20/20 is NFG as is Scotch Classic.

 

[jlb2]

How about the last "Sticky" in the Tape forum: "A Sticky (tape) story"?

Or Richard Hess' list of degrading tapes: http://richardhess.com/notes/formats/magnetic-media/magnetic-tapes/analog-audio/degrading-tapes/

 

[sdw54]

I used Scotch 250 mastering tape back in my AV/Multi-image days and for band demos. Never had a problem. Still have some of my 2 and 4 track masters and still play with no problem.