Kind of crazy how far you’ve come

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

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!

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.

Man I finally found something to do with that reel2reel I have in storage!!!  Great idea, many thanks!!!!

I like the old movie reel idea, I will give it a try, I've been using a spare vcr to clean the tapes (making sure to clean the head before each use) Also what I have learned from doing many home recorded tapes, if the tape was recorded badly in the first place and the tape is already in good condition, it won't make any difference to the image quality.

Ps. Id love a video seeing how you digitise the tapes please 👀

Thanks man. I just bought a lot of VHS tapes from the flea market and idk why I didn't open the boxes. I must have been excited. More than half are molded.

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

Love the video, really helpful 👍🏻 Thanks.

Perfect video! Thank you!

I liked the 3rd method😂 .. I was thinking of using a mechanical way to help rotate the tape while I'm holding the cloth n I thought I will use my sewing machine for this, but also my vintage projector will do just fine!
Thank you❤

Amazing video! Love the creativity!

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....

Great information " thank you so much " 😊

I buy the tape cleaners from Goodwill, and similar stores. Most I’ve paid is $15 and the cheapest will $3 and own a few of them.

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The plan that was in my mind the video shown by you matches exactly....
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Great video! Man that Geneva machine is awesome would love to get one! Well done

Brilliant

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

Thanks sir