Mold and VCR's

Did you know that Video tapes mold faster than wet leather?

Ok, maybe not faster, but just as fast!

I just threw out 8 video tapes yesterday because of mold.

I put a tape in last night to watch a movie I taped off TV,

The tape looked clean.

The VCR got white snow only. (moldy)

I ran the cleaning tape over, and over for 2 hours

and you could just slightly see the picture within the fuz.

Then I gave up and went to bed.

The VCR is still not working today.

I am running the cleaning tape again.

You are supposed to run the tape for only one cleaning cycle.

I ran the whole tape over and over for 2 hours.

I guess those are the perils of the jungle.

But boy, isn't that frustrating?

Be thankful for your vcr and videos, without mold.

June 2006