Surviving the ravages of time

[igirl]

Back in the old days I did something untested... rather than use sticky labels and sticky splice tape to label reels (or fix loose ends of tape to the reels) - I found an alternative type of tape -

Post-It tape. I could easily write anything I wanted on a 1" wide piece (comes on 1" wide rolls and other sizes) and stick it on a reel. Now, decades later - I've been transferring off all the audio, and stripping the reels of SSS tape - or cleaning useable tape. All my Post-It tape labels just peel right off the reels perfectly clean - no residue - leaving no need to use Goof-Off or other attempts at removing old glue based tape residue.

Genius. Try it - you'll like it! :-)

[RedGrant]

Back in the old days I did something untested... rather than use sticky labels and sticky splice tape to label reels (or fix loose ends of tape to the reels) - I found an alternative type of tape -

Post-It tape. I could easily write anything I wanted on a 1" wide piece (comes on 1" wide rolls and other sizes) and stick it on a reel. Now, decades later - I've been transferring off all the audio, and stripping the reels of SSS tape - or cleaning useable tape. All my Post-It tape labels just peel right off the reels perfectly clean - no residue - leaving no need to use Goof-Off or other attempts at removing old glue based tape residue.

Genius. Try it - you'll like it! :-)

Thanks for the tip. I've been doing it for awhile.

[Scorpion8]

Back in the old days .... Post-It tape.

I didn't know they had Post-it Tape way back then. So exactly how long, since Post-it's weren't around in 1978 when I started taping.

[Warped Bezel]

I didn't know they had Post-it Tape way back then. So exactly how long, since Post-it's weren't around in 1978 when I started taping.

They had a GREAT Scotch tape back then. "Magic" tape, everything stuck to it, transparent as all get out *devil*

[igirl]

I didn't know they had Post-it Tape way back then. So exactly how long, since Post-it's weren't around in 1978 when I started taping.

It was a mid-late 80s thing. *old*

[Warped Bezel]

It was a mid-late 80s thing. *old*

So were our children *old**old**old**flame*