mouldy VHS Tape cleaned

[@Andrew-em7py]

Thank you for posting this. I need to do this for some of my Uncle's tapes. He has some of my Cousin when he was little. I'm going to get a clear click and convert them, then give my uncle a usb of the videos and send a memory card to my cousin.

[@carlhamill5203]

Excellent, I use clear click and it's really good to use...make sure the USB you use for the clear click is of good quality and has a high transfer rate. This will prevent audio sync issues which can sometimes happen when using a lower rate USB.

[@incargeek]

@@carlhamill5203 Is that what causes audio/video sync issues…? Interesting. Thank you

[@KindCountsDeb3773]

that machine is expensive, at least for me. I will probably find a service to do this cause I suck at anything mechanical. lol TY@@carlhamill5203

[@moxxy8626]

Finally. Now I can repair my old Simpson vhs tapes my parents recorded but never watched. Thanks for letting a gem rot in my basement parents!

[@Tomsonic41]

It's possible to have mould spots on the surface of the tape with little or no evidence of the mould visible through the windows. The most common symptom of a mouldy tape is the heads will get dirty, clean themselves and then get dirty again very quickly causing dropouts in the picture. What I like to do is take a second VCR that I don't care too much about, and give the tape a few FF/RW cycles (cleaning the heads after each pass) to get the worst of the mould off. In my case the mould usually collects on the audio head and that's pretty easy to clean. Although tapes that look like your example at the beginning I'd consider a lost cause and throw straight in the garbage...

[@carlhamill5203]

Agreed,the VCR I am using is non functional in regards to playing videos so it's used specifically for tape cleaning. The results can be varied and depend on many factors,I've had some horrendous tapes,cleaned them and they have come out perfect (well as perfect as can be for VHS tapes).

[@esecallum]

they play fine as is... i have done ro dvd hundreds . 30% has this growth. just played them. the audio may go muffled. just clean the heads.

[@videogamepolak0]

yeah ive done the FF/rewind cleaning on some rough tapes and they all play fine, just depends on dirtying up the player, why he uses a junk vcr to do this and so do i.

[@glennnuyes519]

Dat kan geen kwaad als je maar ni op druk als al dat wit eraf moet je de videoband cassette open maken en de raampjes met poets middel doen en niet met water want als je dat doet en je zet hem in elkaar komt dat later terug een beetje 99 procent alcohol op een keuken papiertje en de raampjes afdoen en laten drogen even en dan in elkaar doen

[@hyderzuern5664]

I used an old tooth brush to lightly remove the mold from the top of the tape. And also compresed air for the inside componets use great care

[@tonygoldwing7247]

Just cleaning the tape itself is not always enough. You must also clean the Reels inside and out and the Casing too.

[@carlhamill5203]

Absolutely, I use a separate player for cleaning

[@jma6412]

@@carlhamill5203 He means the cassette tape, not the vcr. If you don't kill the remaining mold spores on the cassette housing, mold will grow up again.

[@carlhamill5203]

@@jma6412 OK, but if your transfering to digital worrying about the transfer of spores is not that important

[@jma6412]

@@carlhamill5203 But if you take your time to clean this up, do it right. I don't see you using IPA (99%+) when cleaning the tape. That won't only kill 100% the mold on the tape but it will also clean any stuck debris that wouldn't go away otherwise. Your tapes are your "masters". You can always improve your capturing in the future and make a better copy and you will want your master to be in the best possible condition.

[@carlhamill5203]

@@jma6412 Go to 1:55 and you'll see what I use :-)

[@joshuapowell1868]

Great video everything proven that is still More greater than internet now days

[@ludwigfan3013]

I wish I would've found videos like this sooner. I threw away a lot of VHS tapes that weren't as bad as this years ago, on the bright side though they are still replaceable

[@GianStuff]

that's a L for u lol

[@MrGTAmodsgerman]

Outsch! My sympathies

[@brettduffy1992]

I have tapes that have been moldy for a couple years they were in the Attic in Florida ones that were not moldy still played fine so that gives me hope for the other

[@Dr.PKSachan62]

Nice information, nice video...

[@damian9303]

How much of that flies into the air while you do this?

[@carlhamill5203]

To be honest not to sure, when I'm doing it I'm in a sunny room and I can't see any excess dust flying around. If you wanted to be cautious I suppose you could do it in a garage with a mask on. I sometimes take my cleaning VCR outside and use a leaf blower to blow all the mold out of it.

[@lukedavis436]

I assume this also works for Betamax tapes?

[@carlhamill5203]

I would assume it would, can't see why it wouldn't.

[@lukedavis436]

@@carlhamill5203 my entire deck needs serious restoration, it's definitely BER for any professional, but it's ripe picking for somebody like me!, Concidering I salvaged the player and a CRT TV from a skip!

[@sheenahardaker]

I found mouldy vhs tapes in my storage (sad) so googling brought me to this video and omg you are in new zealand? I can't believe it! Now that I am in my 30s I too am starting to get obsessed with saving my precious memories... I have home videos of my son on my phone wheresas my parents have betamax tapes of me (somewhere lol). If I ever find it and its not ruined are you able to convert that to usb too or is it just vhs?

[@ThexthSurvivor]

You can covert your tapes to digital files such as MP4, or DVD or even VCD if you have the right gear.

[@dogcoll]

I've seen people say that isopropyl alcohol can actually disintergrate the polyster backing of the tape which ofc makes it irreversibly unplayable, but I don't know if I see much truth in that, and I assume that you've never experienced any side effects like that. Have you heard anything against using IPA? It's really difficult to get tapes as clean just by running them dry in my experience

[@millennium677]

i think the point is this gives you a chance to backup your tape to digital so if the tape craps out afterwards it dont matter anyway

[@jonathandrewstefancin5924]

@@millennium677 oh shoot, I intend to clean mine to play them

[@millennium677]

@@jonathandrewstefancin5924 yeh nothing like relaxing with old vhs i grew up with vhs and it makes me feel young again but yeh most people are backing there videos up because the video content is more important to them than the nostalgia

[@dartsma464]

Tapes like this is, you usually will not want anywhere near your the player. But, if it is a very important recording, this might be a way to do it. Preferably on a bus player you do not care about. If doing like in the video, I would have opened the cassette first and cleaned the case first

[@charlieglynwoods4642]

What movie is that you were playing on your computer at the end?

[@mr.vincentvega2462]

Dawson's Creek

[@TheWestw00d]

Thanks you sharing.

[@rockrecordreport7136]

So many of these videos use the cleaning cloth on only one side of the tape, when a dual set of damp cloths (one for each side) would work so much better. Unless I missed something.

[@damian9303]

moisture is what caused the mold in the first place, isopropyl alcohol is quickly drying

[@thelthrythquezada8397]

Are vcr/vhs really making a come back or is it just me and my nostalgia?

[@hahanah1463]

buy now before prices rocket

[@rejanov71]

I have cleanermate vhs for sale

[@slayufa]

Do you now about light?

[@carlhamill5203]

No I don't.

[@mranderson5668]

Who records Dawson's creek? I mean really? just teasing and thanks for the video!!!

[@dariusnickmanesh8021]

Thanks but you have to turn on light when you get videos!

[@littlemelvin5572]

Top 🔝

[@caseybricker5428]

Dawson's creek

[@SAckTheGoof]

god that tape wasnt mouldy, it was the mold

[@dermotsheedy9790]

Too dark to see where cotton went, put on the lights

[@TheDamudarks]

Now i can clean my vhs pornos

[@carlhamill5203]

Hahaha that's funny,nah just send them to me and I'll digitize them for you ;-)

[@TheVCRKing]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@gaminclampshow]

Cursed comment

[@diegorivas1991]

Fun fact: when you digitize tapes with TV stuff it's a matter of time discover random porn clips that weren't erased during a re-recording.

[@samwolcott989]

I just toss mine in the trash

[@charllesmnl]

dirty the device

[@carlhamill5203]

Yes...That's why I have a dedicated cleaning VHS player...it's not used for playing.

[@yourdad489]

Better to convert them to dvd

[@carlhamill5203]

USB is better

[@yourdad489]

@@carlhamill5203 I agree

[@moxxy8626]

How do I convert vhs to dvd?

[@carlhamill5203]

@@moxxy8626 You need a VHS player, Analog to Digital Video Converter and Capture software. Connect the VHS to the converter,the converter to the computer and then capture it on your computer...easy Peasy lemon squeezy!

[@RetroBulgaria]

Are you archive professional or one of thousand nonsence amateurs that are willing to give advices on a matters that they DO NOT understand?

[@carlhamill5203]

Gee that's a tough one to answer,almost as tough as trying to work out whether you're an idiot who has nothing to offer...or just an idiot! BUT for your information I've been doing this for 20 plus years and I'm not sure if that qualifies me as a professional or not,but this is a fact. Now do you have anything contribute, I'm always open to suggestions...even from an idiot lol.

[@ChillAustinVestus]

@@carlhamill5203 I'm worried about the fact that you used cotton swabs on the videotape to clean out the mold, considering how delicate the video heads are in the VCR. Personally I would use synthetic chamois swabs or even printer paper if you are in a pinch since it doesn't shed as much. The cotton may shed onto the tape itself and transfer to your good VCR and potentially clog up the heads.

[@carlhamill5203]

@@ChillAustinVestus Have done hundreds of tapes this way and never had any issues with the heads on the primary VCR.

[@MrWolfSnack]

@@carlhamill5203 That doesn't mean you are right. It just means you did the same stupid things over and over again.

[@carlhamill5203]

@@MrWolfSnack So you beleive that imperical evidence is no evidence. And to what stupid things do you refer to? You are not being very specific, which leads me to believe that your mental capacity is not really up to the task.

[@sparker9409]

It's not mold. It's corrosion from age.

[@phelissimo_]

No, that's definitely mold.

[@NiteGrooves]

@@phelissimo_ Wie sicher ist es, dass es Schimmel ist? Ich habe im gesamten Netz keinen fundierten Beweis gefunden. Es muss doch Experten geben, die Abstriche machen und die Art des Schimmelpilzes feststellen können. Das wäre mir lieber, weil jeder etwas anderes behauptet