On 8 Feb 2006 06:26:11 -0800, "b" wrote:


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On 6 Feb 2006 01:23:59 -0800, "tkbirdie"
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the VCR had cut" my tape in half. The tape contains some important
programmes, so I really need the tape. Can I repair it myself or do I
need someone to do it?

Yes you can use regular invisible tape to mend it, though it won't
hold up for repeated plays.

I have some tapes that were used weekly for several years after being
reattached to the leader with ordinary 1" wide Scotch tape. First
cleaning the surfaces with alcohol may have helped. I never spliced in
the middle, except to make a copy of the broken tape and then toss it,
that is, make 2 shorter tapes from it.

even when splicing to the leader, scotch tape will, sooner or later,
ooze adhesive onto the adjacent layers of tape and risk sticking the
tape to the drum, tape path and pinch roller when in use. Cleaning that
mess up will be difficult if not impossible if the adhesive gets into
the head gaps on the drum. You are risking a lot by doing that.
-B.

It'll be safe for a pass or two to allow the OP to dub the content
over.
Even then the worst that'll happen is a pull apart and having the tape
stick to the drum or path components, all which can be remedied with
swabs and denatured alchohol.( the adhesive in rgular scotch tape
isn't THAT bad.)