[78-L] Removal of hiss - a different approach

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

At 09:33 AM 2/7/2010, you wrote:
>neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> > OK, in stead of attempting to remove noise/hiss by scanning a record, is
> > there a way to chemically treat the surface to smooth out small
> > imperfections that would cause noise?
> >
>
>Careful, Joe, you are treading on very dangerous ground here,  It is
>called "wet playing" and is very controversial.  The distilled water (or
>maybe some other fluid) would fill in gaps and give a smooth surface for
>the needle to skate over.  But it really is like hydroplaning on a wet
>road.  Your tires lose actual contact with the road and are floating on
>a cushion of water.  Something you do not want to do.

 From what I've read on wet playing of records is once you play wet 
you have to stay wet with that record from now on as dry playback 
sounds worse once you wet play a record.