I am trying to restore some old 8mm movies, & despertly need more spliceing tape, does anyone know if its still available & if so where can I get some?????

 

A splicing tape store.

But seriously, if you were to use " 8mm splicing tape purchase" as a Google search term, you will likely get a couple of thousand hits on where you could buy it online.
Or, if you look in your telephone yellow pages under "cameras" or a similar heading I would bet that there would be a supplier near you.

8mm is all but dead as a home video recording medium, but film is very much alive in amateur and professional film making.
There really isn't a way to put a spectacular image, the size of a house, on a screen, with new technology.

 

Hi Tom G, -Happy New Year,
I have lot of old audio tape and frequently have to splice. I found that 3M scotch tape is really good for this. I can't see why it wouldn't work as well for movie if you keep the splice short and use a scalpel blade to excise the track holes.
Just a thought, may be easier than hunting down a dwindling supply of old movie tape.

 

Thanks Nomind & GregH....good ideas !!! I will try both, I'm just getting started & have a lot of film to experiment with....Thanks again, Tom-G

 

Good idea nomind about using good 'ol Scotch tape.

I use to use that in the "old days" for an emergency repair on 1/4" audio tape.
Only thing to keep in mind is that this tape will harden and crack in time.
Not permanent like the real stuff but excellent in a pinch!

 

to GregH ,
Greg, re. your comment about tape hardening, - I'm still playing audio tapes that I repaired in the late '60 's with 3M tape. Some of the cheaper audio tape itself is showing signs of stiffening, but not the good brands, BASF, Audiovox and 3M . ( we got lots of goodies from 3M in the late 60s because we used lots of their products on aircraft antennas)

 

nomind,

Maybe the tape Dad use to get free from work wasn't 3M brand?

 

Just out of curiosity, I did a search on ebay using "8mm splicing tape" and got 13 hits (actually 19, but the others were for splicers). Be sure you specify the type of 8mm - the original or the Super 8mm. There is a difference. Namely the holes are smaller for the Super 8.

Bob