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Monte L Fullmer
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From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Nov 2004

posted 03-29-2010 11:55 AM

quote: Paul Mayer
don't know for sure but I assume it is acetate

hold it up to a light. If the light goes through it, it's "poly", and if opaque, it's acetate.

(funny though, on open reel recording tape, it's the opposite: acetate tape would let light go through and the mylar,"poly" base was opaque)

-Monte

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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

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From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 03-29-2010 07:15 PM

Thank you for the tip Monte. I'll give that a whirl.

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