is there a way to fix a cassette tape?

Question

ok...i put it in the player, then it got stuck, so now there is like a one inch section missing from the tape. There was stuff recorded on there, can I somehow put it back together?!!?!

Answer 1

You can use a small piece of scotch tape to tape it or follow the following steps
STEP 1: Purchase a cassette-tape splicing kit from an electronics store. The only way to fix a broken or damaged tape is by splicing it. STEP 2: If the tape is still intact but one section is stretched or damaged, use a pencil to carefully pull the damaged section of tape from the case. STEP 3: If the tape has snapped, open the cassette case to get access to the broken ends of tape. If your original cassette box is held together with screws, you'll be able to reuse it. Otherwise, follow steps 1 through 4 under "Replacing a broken case". STEP 4: Follow the instructions that came with your tape-splicing kit to remove the damaged ends of tape and splice the tape back together (see B). STEP 5: Rethread the tape and replace the case top if you removed it

Answer 2

You can try and find a tape-splicing kit but good luck- that's pretty much a dead art ever since digital came on the scene.
As a last resort, pull both ends out of the shell- avoid touching it as much as possible on the metallic side- and make a small diagonal cut with a sharp razor blade on each end so that the two pieces will dovetail together. Put a small piece of tape on the BACK side of the recording tape of the same width. You will hear a jump where the missing piece is but, done correctly, this should last long enough to make a duplicate copy.

Answer 3

Its a bit of a fiddly job but it can be done, having worked for years in a radio TV repair shop I was often required to repair cass tapes that had been eaten by the mechanism, most cassettes can be taken apart and the tape carefully spliced using sticky tape, of coarse you may lose a few inches of tape but it is surprising how little difference it makes, if you are not very good with your fingers then you could try the radio TV repair shop , if they are feeling in a helpful mood they might oblige you !!

Answer 4

You can try scotch tape. It worked on a video cassette for me once. Don't rewind or fast forward over that section though, just normal play speed. Take it out and manually rewind it. What I did was fixed it and then immediately digitized it, because it probably wouldn't last very much longer.

Answer 5

I found out a way sounds a little complicated. Its meant for making a cassette loop but it should work the same. Just go here(http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Making_Cassette_Tape_Loops then scroll to Making your audio tape into a loop. I hope this helps any...if it doesnt maybe you can get it fixed at radioshack or best buy..well good luck!

Answer 6

cassette tapes are old and basicly outdated so i would day no