I never heard of lubing tapes. Of course there are web pages about it.
I read it in the internet.
When to lube reel to reel tapes
Hey guys- first post. Need some help.
made the slippery slope dive into reel to reel. Just starting out. Have snagged some fairly mint/near mint well stored collector zeppelin 7.5ips pre recorded tapes from 1970-1973. Have read that the lubricant on these tapes tends to deteriorate over time. Give the value of these tapes, would folks lube these before use, specially if they’ve not been played ever/very long time?