[78-L] wet playing records

[Milan P Milovanovic]

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From: "Michael Biel" <mbiel at mbiel.com>
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Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] wet playing records



> But you have to COMPLETELY dry the records and keep them dry in order
> for this to happen.  There are also different grades of shellac, and the
> shellac used for Red Seal records is well known to be more resistant to
> water and moisture damage than used in black label Victors.
>
>


It is quite interesting that John R.T. Davies also mentioned this in one of 
his interviews:

"Have you ever had a "record disaster"?

Around eighteen years ago a lightning strike set fire to this building and, 
while actual losses numbered no more than half a dozen items, water damage 
reduced about four thousand E+s to V+s despite immediate drying and 
re-sleeving with a lot of help from my friends (we worked like hell from c. 
2:30 a.m. through to around ten o'clock the following evening). This taught 
me a lot about the susceptibility to water of the various styles of 
pressing!! Painfully! "



So my question is: are shellac records sensible to wet cleaning?