3 Ways to Clean Mold on Tapes | ECD

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  • @shanestewart4814
    @shanestewart4814 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I've always done it the 4th way. The only way I'm able to do it. Taking the shell apart and then unspool the entire tape. I usually try to slip a thin piece of cloth in between the clear side of the plastic reel and the roll of tape to remove a big part of the mold first before unrolling it. Then take a damp washcloth and wipe the entire length of the tape once or a couple times if necessary. I will stop every so many feet, and change to a different part of the washcloth to keep the tape passing through a clean and wetter part of it. Then its one dry wipe to make sure there's no fibers or dust sticking to it before rolling it back up by spinning the reel on my fingers. I also make sure to wipe off the reels themselves as well as the shell and components the tape comes in contact with to make sure there are no foreign particles anywhere. It's more labor intensive, but it does leave the tape 100% clean. I had just pulled 60 videocassettes out of a dumpster on September 24th, and an additional 14 more on October 1st in which some of those 74 tapes I got needs to be cleaned in such a way due to mold.

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wow! I feel your pain. I’ve done it like that as well. Pia. This is my forever way now.

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Check out my rewinder cleaning videos. That works the best and easiest in my opinion

  • @CarlaMcmilin
    @CarlaMcmilin 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Thanks for being to the point. NO LONG WINDED B.S . I appreciate your teaching method.

  • @KevinStumpf2010
    @KevinStumpf2010 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Been watching quite a few of your videos the last several days and this is the most genius alternatives I have seen!!! Thank you for the great ideas!

  • @coinhunter3758
    @coinhunter3758 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That Geneva Video Tape Cleaner Machine Is Pretty Damn Cool. I Want One LOL, Cool Video!

    • @Panzerguts
      @Panzerguts 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I found mine in a thrift store for 1$

    • @RickCooley-db2pl
      @RickCooley-db2pl 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Panzerguts and the ones on ebay are around $300, and i saw one for $700. LOL

  • @2bdone2
    @2bdone2 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Kind of crazy how far you’ve come

  • @VideoSpecialtiesLa
    @VideoSpecialtiesLa 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The Geneva PF-740 is a great machine for cleaning VHS tapes. I have 6 of them but bought most years ago.

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Harder to buy these days. So people wanting them and not being able to afford/find them.. this is a great option for those who didn’t buy them earlier.

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But I use mine and I’m lucky to have them

  • @stewartbruce8902
    @stewartbruce8902 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    somtimes not getting a good picture on the tv screen. Is it usually the vcr heads that need cleaning ,or the tape or both? Thanks for your tutorial.

  • @Jonsvintagetoycave
    @Jonsvintagetoycave 17 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video! Man that Geneva machine is awesome would love to get one! Well done

  • @misterkoundry
    @misterkoundry หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'd love to find one of these someday but my spare rca junk VCR with cleaning posts I came up with will do the trick in the mean time....

  • @pattrell5257
    @pattrell5257 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Used to have a version of type 1((Kinyo). It would REW/FF*/CLEAN[required cleaning spools], but it finally dyed many years ago. Have since gotten another VCR recently. Most tapes play very well(after different tapes maybe 20-30 years old--even those recorded in EP mode and despite the mad DVD push years ago[but DVDs took more vigilance, were more picky in many players/recorders once they got scratched, were easy to get moderately or badly scratched[most of my DVD collection is scratched too badly unless I send them off to an online company for repair], DVD media was more costly when you consider that you HAD to record each disc in the SP equivalent mode or the picture was glassy terrible[on tapes you could go with LP or EP with the quality being solid], DVD inner damage is not fixable however this happens[but VHS tapes many times are], and they were about as prone to the ravages of time as VHS were]).
    A few tapes do have the skipping unplayable sections of a tape(often you can skip past these to find a section that plays like it should). VHS seemed much better in my opinion! I got a VHS version of Texas Chainsaw Massacre(2003) that needs cleaning. Have white lines around the spool that look like powder lines in the tape that I am scared to try to play it in my VCR. Have a couple more, too, that my VCR didn't like that seem to be cleaning issues(VCR malfunctioned after playing them, but was able to get it back right again). Plus, a few more that look like I or someone spilled something on them that I dare not try...
    *Saving wear and tear I guess...

  • @Steger13
    @Steger13 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can we use isopropyl alcohol to clean it?

  • @speakeasyarchives8764
    @speakeasyarchives8764 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Problem using the video tape cleaner geneva. When the cleaner pads are worn out what are going to do with a $500 cleaner machine with worn put pads?

    • @rejanov71
      @rejanov71 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have cleanermate vhs

    • @jimspencer2727
      @jimspencer2727 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right that's what I'm trying to ask about. Adventally the pads will need to be replaced after they get too dirty. I guess they must sell the pad on eBay or you would have to custom make your own pads for them I'm guessing

  • @ChakkyCharizard
    @ChakkyCharizard 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hey, I have that same Panasonic VCR with the blue stripe in the corner!

  • @RickCooley-db2pl
    @RickCooley-db2pl 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It would seem that this is a great thing for us folks who want to digitize our VHS tapes. The dirt and mold on a 40 year old tape is probably thick! Cleaning the tape might really make a night and day difference in the video quality. Perhaps the dropouts and glitches would be minimized by cleaning a tape. These Geneva devices are on ebay, but you will spend a small fortune to get one. I saw one earlier tonight that costs a whopping, a WHOPPING $700(USD). Did i mention $700? Yes i did! $700! I guess i would try another method you mentioned. LOL Do you digitize tapes with a quality setup, like the use of a time base corrector? Please let me know. Thanks!

  • @ForgetMeNotArchive
    @ForgetMeNotArchive ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You do realize that the mould was on the edge only right ? and if mould gets on the magnetic side its done anyway. so just forwarding and rewind mostly shakes it of. i have a samsund 10 dollar super rewind vcr just for this and the head never got cloged as mold is just on the edge and falls off when real is forwarded or played

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are not wrong! I do the same sometimes to start. But I’m getting paid good money and am as thorough as I can be! It’s a good job.

    • @9852323
      @9852323 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I just put it in a VCR I don’t care for then rewind but even if the mold gets on the magnetic side it can still be cleaned

    • @VideoSpecialtiesLa
      @VideoSpecialtiesLa 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I have gone through many of the cleaning pads since 2005. You can clean them with soap and water then let dry out for reuse.

  • @KindCountsDeb3773
    @KindCountsDeb3773 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Hi, gonna contact you to see IF you can do the clean job for me. But, do y ou use any chemicals in cleaning like these methods??

  • @zlobnyj-yashchik
    @zlobnyj-yashchik 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    хороший способ с кинопроектором, надо тоже так же попробывать почистить !

  • @MauroGuerreiro
    @MauroGuerreiro 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    For many years I have taken mold from tape. It would be great if every tape with mold wheeled freely. There are some types of aggressive molds that pass to the face of the tape and glue. Tapes with mold in this way need to be unfolded manually and slowly, until it will be released. Even after releasing, it is a risk to put this tape on a VCR, as the face of the tape is marked, and this can damage the head of the Videocasse. But if the content is very important ...

  • @axelwulf6220
    @axelwulf6220 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So it does exist
    I keep running into head cleaners (which I also need to get) but haven't been Hella curious about the cassette tapes themselves

  • @ver64
    @ver64 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the video, really helpful 👍🏻 Thanks.

  • @tbc9096
    @tbc9096 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Step 4 looks like too much work. Lol. Step 1 looks awesome, but I don’t know if I can find one of those.

    • @shanenice5380
      @shanenice5380 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There rare.i take notice.i want one.ihope they remake them.

  • @nicosuspiria
    @nicosuspiria 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    great. but what happen if the tape is stucked???

  • @pretendamnesia
    @pretendamnesia 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you make an audio tape version of this

  • @stepheneickhoff4953
    @stepheneickhoff4953 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    3:37 my 1980s tapes don't have screws, which is the big issue with thoroughly cleaning those.

    • @ShoppingBored
      @ShoppingBored 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah iirc they use some sort of plastic lock

  • @danilovegap
    @danilovegap ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you ever had a tape, that after doing the second cleaning a couple of times, it plays for 4, 7, maybe 10 minutes, the audio keeps going fine, but image is lost, so I have to stop and clean the headers on the vcr, put the tape in again, and the same thing happens again I get like 5 or 10 more minutes of recording and then image is lost but sound is fine, so I have to keep cleaning the headers again and again?

  • @bobdoppalina4641
    @bobdoppalina4641 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That tape cleaner unit does both PAL and NTSC tapes? 😅

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Only secam

    • @bobdoppalina4641
      @bobdoppalina4641 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@EmeraldCoastDigitizing LOL. That was a video standards joke, you know. (the physical tape is the same for all)

  • @asmrhawaii
    @asmrhawaii 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What if you just want to digitalize your tapes? Do you need to clean it before or just run it through?

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You can at your own risk obviously. But I’m not putting dirty moldy tapes in my players without cleaning them

  • @waz007
    @waz007 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks 3 different way showing vhs tape

  • @terryhall3960
    @terryhall3960 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Geneva machine was also sold under the "Daiyo" and "Cleanermate" brands, and probably others.

    • @rejanov71
      @rejanov71 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I have cleanermate vhs

    • @brentwylie5558
      @brentwylie5558 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      On Amazon?

    • @rejanov71
      @rejanov71 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brentwylie5558 i didnt have amazon

    • @rejanov71
      @rejanov71 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brentwylie5558 no i didnt have amazon but i have instagram

    • @rejanov71
      @rejanov71 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@brentwylie5558no, I have Instagram only

  • @MrWarrenRetro
    @MrWarrenRetro 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How to fix the tape on Return to Oz!!!

  • @patrickcoughlin-qj9uk
    @patrickcoughlin-qj9uk ปีที่แล้ว

    Forgive me , why not file 13
    The trash can . For mold on tape . ?

  • @ericgrajeda2671
    @ericgrajeda2671 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Open a business in Northern California to clean cassette tapes ....

  • @jimohyusuf9316
    @jimohyusuf9316 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My name is jimoh please how do I get intouch with you

  • @CantankerousDave
    @CantankerousDave 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The music drowns you out.

  • @mikeluxy
    @mikeluxy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I use this method but I think there is a sensor in the tape run which detects the the tape is being restricted (While holding a cleaning cloth to the tape) this slows up the tape to stop...do you know if there is a tape sensor which can be removed to stop this happening...?

    • @EmeraldCoastDigitizing
      @EmeraldCoastDigitizing  11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Your vcr is just has different parts of the tape track that are there to save tape if it locks up. Just make sure the tape runs freely. If you stop the tape from moving the machine will cut off

    • @mikeluxy
      @mikeluxy 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks my friend...I was just wondering if there was a sensor in the tape run that senses resistance and you can remove this or disable it....I only use this VHS for cleaning so it wont really be an issue for me.
      @@EmeraldCoastDigitizing