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

[Michael Biel]

neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> If the record is damaged by a wet play, cleaning it would be a good 
> thing to do for some other issue, but not for correcting the surface damage.
>
> joe salerno
>
>   

And you have to make sure the record is ABSOLUTELY dry before playing 
it.  Don't wait till you want to play it to clean it.  Dampness might 
also be a problem.  Years ago I noticed a problem when playing a wartime 
Decca on a highly humid day.  I could dig my fingernail into the 
record.  It's a test I occasionally use before playing things like that. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com 


> David Lennick wrote:
>   
>> Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
>>     
>>> 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. 
>>>
>>>       
>> Wouldn't a good cleaning with the Monks solve the problem of discs that had 
>> been wet-played? It works just fine for LPs that have been cleaned and put away 
>> wet in plastic-lined sleeves.
>>
>> dl
>>
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