Easy VHS Cleaning For Dummies, Like Me

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@Scrooge911 27 күн бұрын

Just watched this as I have done this a 1000 times. But this is an excellent video with full explaintions. The first time I took a tape apart everything fell out, it was a total loss. So next time I took photos. Never happened again. As they say, you learn by your mistakes. But well done mate, brilliantly explained. 👍

@dreamemulatorhvsc 27 күн бұрын

@@Scrooge911 thank you so much! I’m glad I could help! First time I took a tape apart everything fell out too lol so don’t feel too bad.

@Scrooge911 26 күн бұрын

One thing I did find that at the beginning of a tape it had become twisted somehow, maybe after years of rewinding. Anyhow, the fist 3/4 minutes of the tape was so chewed up it was unwatcheable. So after taking the cassette apart, I cut off the twisted and ruined tape, and then using a small piece of sellotape carefully reattached the tape to the spool. As it was right at the beginning of the tape it never went near the heads. That was 25 years ago, and I'm still using the tape today! Perhaps that explains my name, scrooge! lol

@SlasherHomeVideo 5 ай бұрын

I feel less moldy already. Great video!

@TheRealHarrypm 2 ай бұрын

The issue people forget is the fact that these have mould is due to humidity content, drying the tapes out after a proper decontamination, and then vacuum packing them is an essential to long-term preservation. Well that and FM RF archival captures and good old VHS-decode 😉

@woodandwheelz Ай бұрын

I was thinking that one thing people forget to do/mention is to wash your hands before starting this. That way you reduce the risk of getting oils on the tape. Yes, you can also use gloves. However, I didn't think to vacuum seal the tapes. That's a great idea, great advice. When I clean my old tapes from the late 80's, I'm going to do that. Thank you for that advice.

@TheRealHarrypm Ай бұрын

@@woodandwheelz One very annoying thing with destroying the oils in your skin is you can only properly do that with chemical mixes such as 99% isopropanol which will have later complications like slowly destroying your skin membrane barrier but you won't have oil for 5 minutes or so at least in an air conditioned room. This is why thin gloves are very helpful, because sunlight destroys my flesh now like a bloody vampire from years of chemical handling, A lot of people say screw it gloves are so unusable really it's just laziness in terms of actually finding the ideal glove type for your skin and hand size.

@woodandwheelz Ай бұрын

@@TheRealHarrypm Agreed. I just use Dawn Dish soap that works for about 10 minutes which is pretty much all I need. When I handle a lot of my 35mm negatives, I wash my hands then wear cotton gloves. I don't have chemical problems with my skin, but I have come to wear them a lot more often. I mostly do woodworking, I have a YT Channel, and at time I use oil based stains. I used to not care, but now I wear gloves.

@JOSEEYW 3 ай бұрын

This is definitely a very boring subject but very important in order to clean and preserve your dearest tapes. Dream Emulator did a great job with his moderately fast pace and still provided detailed information about the process with an upbeat and light narrative. Outstanding!

@dreamemulatorhvsc 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@earlhaywood4372 15 күн бұрын

You must definitely not be an old fart like us old folks. This was considered a high technological achievement . Now today just to answer the phone has become a science fiction project.

@elChewyGringo 5 ай бұрын

Well done, explained thoroughly and seems easy enough. Thanks for the info!

@dreamemulatorhvsc 5 ай бұрын

You bet!

@swaggyg3628 5 ай бұрын

Excellent how to video.

@dreamemulatorhvsc 5 ай бұрын

Thanks Swaggy!

@woodandwheelz Ай бұрын

Thank you very much for the explanation. As someone who is almost 60, I can relate to the beginning of the video. LoL! You have a new subscriber.

@dreamemulatorhvsc Ай бұрын

@@woodandwheelz lol thank you very much!

@tetrapharmakos8868 2 ай бұрын

You Sir, have a new subscriber!

@dreamemulatorhvsc 2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed! 🤘

@ZombieXtreme84 5 ай бұрын

Great rescue 🤘😎 VHS 4 LIFE!

@dreamemulatorhvsc 5 ай бұрын

Thank you! 4 LIFE! 📼

@DavidMander-rs4uk Ай бұрын

VHS4THETRASH!

@russoft 4 ай бұрын

this is great! I have a very similar model Sharp VCR which produces crap video so I bought a second good player, so as it so happens, I have a spare VCR ($4 at Goodwill) for cleaning that moldy tape of mine which I've left until last to digitize.

@Monacomaverick 4 ай бұрын

I just took a VHS tape apart for the first time, and pieces went everywhere. I had no idea they were so fiddly.

@drekka 26 күн бұрын

Awesome video! Thanks! QUESTION: Do you clean both sides of the tape or just the play side?

@SeychellsCollections 5 ай бұрын

1:07 - 1:10 [VHS Tape Drops]

@Shamsithaca 2 ай бұрын

There used to be other ways to do it in Asia, very common, but cant place how they did it. They washed the tape in some liquid? Could it be film fluid?

@bigtim323 Ай бұрын

Is there anything that can be done with the top curve on the video, or is that just a bad tape? Thanks

@dreamemulatorhvsc Ай бұрын

I’m not sure, I’ll look into that. You mean on the screen? It could be your heads need to be cleaned. I’ll try and get back to you!

@bigtim323 Ай бұрын

@dreamemulatorhvsc Thanks. Yes On the screen. Some tapes don't have it. So it might just be the tape.

@Steger13 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for this vdo. I have 3 tapes that are olde horreur film but are moldy. I will follow your instructions 😅

@dreamemulatorhvsc 2 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@Steger13 2 ай бұрын

@@dreamemulatorhvsc and up great! They look new now. Its actually kinda fun to do for some reason 😅

@TISUAL 4 ай бұрын

Is it possible to actually take apart the clear reel on the spool so you can reach the actual black tape reel? Right now I don't have a working VCR I can use to clean my tapes and since most of my tapes aren't as moldy, I'm just manually cleaning

@Jay-yy9ol 17 күн бұрын

Hi. So the tape it self is not cleaned. Correct?

@ElliotFlowers 4 ай бұрын

Why do you clean only one side of the tape?

@dreamemulatorhvsc Ай бұрын

That’s the side that is magnetic and stores all the data. If the bottom is dirty you can certainly clean that as well, it just doesn’t seem to get much dirt.