Recording on a former SSS Scotch 806

[Lance Lawson]

I've been knee deep in cassette world these past several weeks having found a bevy of nice decks too good to pass up. However this AM I made time to run my TEAC A-2300SD. I chose to record a mix CD I made for the cassette decks. I pulled from the shelf a Scotch 806 I purchased from Ebay in August. It was sticky and I treated it with NuFinish. It was fine when I put it away so it would be interesting to see how it would perform a couple of months after treatment.

I'm pleased to announce that it recorded beautifully sonically and showed no signs of SSS. No squeal, no deposits and no pulling on the take-up swing arm which on my deck is a dead giveaway of SSS tape. When I pulled the tape from it's plastic bag it still had a sweet NUFinish smell too.

I have some AMpex 407 from a pancake that one half I treated with NuFinish and the other half I baked. I'm going to see how the baked reel compares to the NuFinish reel since both are from the same pancake.

[goldear]

Was this tape treated just with the polymer portion, or did it get the full nu-finish treatment?

[goldear]

I can tell you right now that the baked 407 will be as bad as ever. Baking only works for a few weeks at a time in my experience.

[Lance Lawson]

Was this tape treated just with the polymer portion, or did it get the full nu-finish treatment?

I treated all of the tapes I've used NU Finish on with the full formula. The pure polymer I used during the passes to remove any residue of the previous full formula passes. Also the pure polymer is great as a booster treatment if needed. So far every Nu Finish treated tape has stayed free of SSS.