[Phono-L] Moldy wax records

Andrew Baron andy at popyrus.com
Wed Mar 12 10:50:49 PDT 2008


What are the best solvents for this?

Andy

On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Steve Andersen wrote:

> You can shave the black wax records if you treat them with a  
> softening solvent.
>
> On Mar 12, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Peter Fraser wrote:
>
>> no, you can't shave and record on black wax, only brown.
>>
>> On Mar 12, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Ron L wrote:
>>
>>> You can't fix them since the mold has eaten away the sound  
>>> information.
>>> However, they can be shaved and used for blanks to re-record.  I  
>>> only do
>>> this if they are completely unintelligible.  I sometimes digitize  
>>> what I can
>>> here before I shave them.
>>>
>>> Ron L
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org 
>>> ] On
>>> Behalf Of ger
>>> Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:53 AM
>>> To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
>>> Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records
>>>
>>> What does one do with moldy wax records?
>>> Throw them away?
>>> Or save them for the interesting titles, with hopes that someday  
>>> someone
>>> will figure out how to "fix" them? :)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ger
>>>
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