How can I get water out of my VHS video tapes?

Whatever you do DON'T try putting any of these tapes into your machine. I'm afraid that once they've been soaked, they're 99.99% sure to be unuseable ever again. If you put the tape in your machine you'll probably instantly leave oxide deposits on the heads, guides and rollers and so will damage your player/recorder Once tapes have got wet they're finished without highly specialised disassembly and drying techniques which you wont be able to do at home.

video man
October 2006