That Geneva Video Tape Cleaner Machine Is Pretty Damn Cool. I Want One LOL, Cool Video!

Thanks for being to the point. NO LONG WINDED B.S . I appreciate your teaching method.

I've always done it the 4th way. The only way I'm able to do it. Taking the shell apart and then unspool the entire tape. I usually try to slip a thin piece of cloth in between the clear side of the plastic reel and the roll of tape to remove a big part of the mold first before unrolling it. Then take a damp washcloth and wipe the entire length of the tape once or a couple times if necessary. I will stop every so many feet, and change to a different part of the washcloth to keep the tape passing through a clean and wetter part of it. Then its one dry wipe to make sure there's no fibers or dust sticking to it before rolling it back up by spinning the reel on my fingers. I also make sure to wipe off the reels themselves as well as the shell and components the tape comes in contact with to make sure there are no foreign particles anywhere. It's more labor intensive, but it does leave the tape 100% clean. I had just pulled 60 videocassettes out of a dumpster on September 24th, and an additional 14 more on October 1st in which some of those 74 tapes I got needs to be cleaned in such a way due to mold.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

8 ай бұрын

Wow! I feel your pain. I’ve done it like that as well. Pia. This is my forever way now.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

8 ай бұрын

Check out my rewinder cleaning videos. That works the best and easiest in my opinion

Been watching quite a few of your videos the last several days and this is the most genius alternatives I have seen!!! Thank you for the great ideas!

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! Welcome!

Kind of crazy how far you’ve come

Can you make an audio tape version of this

Thanks 3 different way showing vhs tape

Love the video, really helpful 👍🏻 Thanks.

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Can we use isopropyl alcohol to clean it?

Step 4 looks like too much work. Lol. Step 1 looks awesome, but I don’t know if I can find one of those.

somtimes not getting a good picture on the tv screen. Is it usually the vcr heads that need cleaning ,or the tape or both? Thanks for your tutorial.

How to fix the tape on Return to Oz!!!

3:37 my 1980s tapes don't have screws, which is the big issue with thoroughly cleaning those.

You do realize that the mould was on the edge only right ? and if mould gets on the magnetic side its done anyway. so just forwarding and rewind mostly shakes it of. i have a samsund 10 dollar super rewind vcr just for this and the head never got cloged as mold is just on the edge and falls off when real is forwarded or played

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

8 ай бұрын

You are not wrong! I do the same sometimes to start. But I’m getting paid good money and am as thorough as I can be! It’s a good job.

@9852323

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I just put it in a VCR I don’t care for then rewind but even if the mold gets on the magnetic side it can still be cleaned

Have you ever had a tape, that after doing the second cleaning a couple of times, it plays for 4, 7, maybe 10 minutes, the audio keeps going fine, but image is lost, so I have to stop and clean the headers on the vcr, put the tape in again, and the same thing happens again I get like 5 or 10 more minutes of recording and then image is lost but sound is fine, so I have to keep cleaning the headers again and again?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

8 ай бұрын

still dirty!

Problem using the video tape cleaner geneva. When the cleaner pads are worn out what are going to do with a $500 cleaner machine with worn put pads?

@rejanov71

5 ай бұрын

I have cleanermate vhs

@jimspencer2727

23 күн бұрын

Right that's what I'm trying to ask about. Adventally the pads will need to be replaced after they get too dirty. I guess they must sell the pad on eBay or you would have to custom make your own pads for them I'm guessing

The music drowns you out.

That Geneva machine was also sold under the "Daiyo" and "Cleanermate" brands, and probably others.

@rejanov71

5 ай бұрын

I have cleanermate vhs

@brentwylie5558

4 ай бұрын

On Amazon?

@rejanov71

4 ай бұрын

@@brentwylie5558 i didnt have amazon

@rejanov71

4 ай бұрын

@@brentwylie5558 no i didnt have amazon but i have instagram

@rejanov71

4 ай бұрын

​@@brentwylie5558no, I have Instagram only

I have tried 3 different vcrs but they just eject the tape when I remove the lid Do I need a very old modell for this?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

3 ай бұрын

Dim the lights

@booba1008

3 ай бұрын

was actually the tape that was stuck and needeed manual unrolling first because it sticked together@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

What if you just want to digitalize your tapes? Do you need to clean it before or just run it through?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

4 ай бұрын

You can at your own risk obviously. But I’m not putting dirty moldy tapes in my players without cleaning them

I use this method but I think there is a sensor in the tape run which detects the the tape is being restricted (While holding a cleaning cloth to the tape) this slows up the tape to stop...do you know if there is a tape sensor which can be removed to stop this happening...?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

7 ай бұрын

Your vcr is just has different parts of the tape track that are there to save tape if it locks up. Just make sure the tape runs freely. If you stop the tape from moving the machine will cut off

@mikeluxy

7 ай бұрын

Thanks my friend...I was just wondering if there was a sensor in the tape run that senses resistance and you can remove this or disable it....I only use this VHS for cleaning so it wont really be an issue for me. @@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

That tape cleaner unit does both PAL and NTSC tapes? 😅

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

Ай бұрын

Only secam

@bobdoppalina4641

Ай бұрын

@@EmeraldCoastDigitizing LOL. That was a video standards joke, you know. (the physical tape is the same for all)

Open a business in Northern California to clean cassette tapes ....

Forgive me , why not file 13 The trash can . For mold on tape . ?

@EmeraldCoastDigitizing

8 ай бұрын

if its a home movie it has to be done before transfering