Video tape mould removal kit from eBay - Betamax/ V2000/ Video8/ MiniDV

Описание: This one's a little bit different insofar as we're looking at (I guess you could call it a review!) of one of several tape mould (or mold if you're in the US) removal kits available on eBay. This one is from here:
https://ebay.us/m/H0UQg5 and there's a video on YouTube from the maker here:    • Videotape portable cleaner v1.5 tutorial a...  

Full disclaimer - this is not sponsored at all and I bought it to clean up a few cassettes that I want to transfer over to a digital format which it should do pretty well. I found out later that the way I cleaned the tape wasn't the recommended method hence the issues that I had but I'll leave the result I obtained to your thoughts and comments.

Helps give the Sony SL-C7 Betamax a bit more hope of being saved too! That video to follow very soon (apologies for not getting when I hoped!).

Chapters:
00:00 What it is and what it does
03:50 Unpacking and what you get for the full kit option
07:40 The cassette we'll be cleaning - Beta from the Sony SL-C7
09:20 Opening up the cassette and installing the spools
16:40 Cleaning the tape (outside with smoke, dogs and gulls!)
37:40 Cassette reassembly
39:12 Disassembly and a look inside
43:25 The mold removing fabric removal and setup
44:46 Trying out the cleaned cassette
47:15 Final thoughts and would I have bought one knowing what I know now?

#video #betamax #v2000 #video8 #mrbetabyte #vcr