<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I would not use xzylene.  I have used it to remove oxide from tape.  You might do more damage then good.<br><br>Chris Hill</div><div><br>On Dec 19, 2011, at 9:47 PM, Glenn Gundlach <<a href="mailto:stratus46@yahoo.com">stratus46@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><p>I will be labeled a heretic. I used a Q-tip and (gasp) Xylene. Dave K  mentioned naptha which I haven't tried. Would Acetone do the trick? The Xylene has the virtue of leaving no residue of its own but I don't know about the other solvents. I don't think you'd want anything oily though it would loosen the sticky stuff.</p><p><br></p><p>G²<br></p><br>--- On <b>Mon, 12/19/11, lee williams <i><<a href="mailto:lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com">lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: lee williams <<a href="mailto:lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com">lasvegastvengineer@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: [QuadList] Sugestions on how to clean sappers.<br>To: "Quad List" <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Date: Monday, December 19, 2011, 11:48 AM<br><br><div id="yiv1063580015"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times
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<div style=""><span style="">Does anybody have any <span style="" id="yiv1063580015misspell-0"><span style="">suggestions</span></span> on cleaning sappy 2" Scotch tapes? </span></div>
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<div style=""><span style="">Got several hundred tapes that were stored in a storage locker for several years without air conditioning. </span></div>
<div style=""><span style="">A lot of tapes were stored on there sides and the glue has <span style="" id="yiv1063580015misspell-1"><span style="">seeped through to the back reels of the tape. </span></span></span></div>
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<div style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">Any <span style="" id="yiv1063580015misspell-0"><span>suggestions</span></span> as to what will cut through the sap without destroying the tape? </span></span></span></div>
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<div style=""><span style=""><span style=""><span style="">Thanks and withing all a Happy Holiday. </span></span></span></div>
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