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I just tried this and what happened was the metal parts inside of the VHS tape arced and those parts of the plastic did melt. Enough of the VHS cartridge fused to where it would no longer play. However, the tape itself looked mostly undamaged - if someone reallly wanted to, they could just transfer the tape to an undamaged cartridge. You'd get a better result by just using a hammer.
So, what I ended up doing was I grabbed a metal coffee can, broke open the cartridge and removed just the tape part, and then poured some furniture paint stripping liquid I already had onto the bare tape. It created some kind of chemical reaction since there was some smoke and sizzle. This probably does it. I left it overnight and have not been out this morning to see the results. If it doesn't fully do it, I'll probably pour a little bit of gas into the coffee can and then throw in a match.
For all of these procedures, have been very cautious to not breathe any vapors produced.
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a far better way to quickly and effeciently destroy video tapes is to use a drill. with the tape rewound and placed on it's edge left side up, drill a 3/16 hole thru the tape to the center of the reel. multiple tapes can be done quickly by holding them together with a bar clamp and drilling into them one after another
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Don't put the tape in a microwave. I took my data tape out of the case and put the reels into a microwave. It immediately burst into flame.
What I did was take a hammer and chisel and over a board I cut through all the tape in the reels. Used scissors on the stray bits. Theoretically it could be reassembled but it would take an army to sort out the pieces.
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