[78-L] Washing records - ARC

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <78records at cdbpdx.com>
> One thing I just learned. I recently acquired an old blue shellac AMERICAN 
> RECORD COMPANY disc with COAX ME on it. What I learned was DO NOT ATTEMPT 
> TO CLEAN IT WITH ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL! Everywhere the alcohol touched left a 
> dull rough surface. This lovely record now has about 1 square inch of 
> damaged surface. Should have done a test patch on the blank backside 
> first. Rats! CDB
>
DO NOT use alcohol of ANY variety to "clean" shellacd-based 78's! The 
shellac
compound is soluble in ANY alcohol!

Steven C. Barr