Video & Audio Tape Repair & Mold Mitigation

¾” Umatic*, ¾” UmaticSP, 1’, 2”, Betacam, BetacamSP, Digital Betacam, BetaSX, D1, D2, D5,
DV Cam, DVC Pro, DVC Pro HD, HD Mini DV, HD Cam, HD Cam SR, XD Cam, VHS, VHS-C, S-VHS, Betamax, Super Betamax, 8mm, Hi8mm, Digital
8, Mini DV, HD Mini DV, Micro DV, ½” Open Reel Video (from the early 1970’s), Audio Cassettes, Audio Reel to Reel tapes.

37 Years of experience in repairing and transferring tapes.
We are experts at tape repair.
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-Case is broken
-Tape snapped , torn or badly wrinkled
-Suffering Mold infestation

*Note: Do not play a tape suffering from Mold infestation. The tape will have a tendency to rip
horizontally, thus destroying that section of the tape.

Two Types of Magnetic Tape (link to Triage & Your Tape Collection Article)

–Oxide https://producerhive.com/ask-the-hive/basics-of-magnetic-tape-recording
Oxide based tapes gain moisture over time and can become moldy. We are experts at Tape
Mold Mitigation and Subsequent Transfer: VHS, VHS-C, Betamax & Betacam 1”, 2” reels, ¾”
Umatic, VHS, VHS-C, Betamax & Betacam Video Tapes and Audio Reels, Cassettes etc. with
mold. The process includes “baking” and cleaning tapes that suffer from mold. (see attached
article by our founder for the Society of California Archivists Mold Doesn’t Have to Spell
Disaster (scan in article)

Evaporated Metal tapes came out in 1989.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780444563712000027
They can also suffer from Mold. It is much more difficult to salvage a moldy EM tape than it is
an Oxide based tape. Sometimes it’s even impossible. However, if anyone can do it, we can.
(see attached article Triage and Your Tape Collection)

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