[78-L] Wet-playing records

[Sammy Jones]

I must have missed the discussion...Probably happened on one of those weeks
where I let the email pile up and never got around to reading the back
issues of the Digest.

Is wet-playing with distilled water actually beneficial in any way to
playing worn lacquers, or is this just one of those long-standing myths?

Sammy 


Joe Salerno wrote:
> It has been discussed here, not too long ago IIRC.
> 
> I don't know about a consensus, but I personally do not find it
> effective for vinyl. I find it damaging for lacquers, altho it may be
> effective. Problem is, after you play wet, you must from then on play
> wet to enjoy the reduced signal to noise ratio. I only do this if
> transferring a lacquer that has already been played wet and damaged.
> For
> shellac I have not found it to help anything, but water will, with a
> little time, damage shellac.
> 
> joe salerno
> 
> 
> Sammy Jones wrote:
> > Has wet-playing ever been discussed here before?  Is there a
> consensus of
> > opinion on effectiveness of wet-playing 78s or radio transcriptions?
> Does
> > record material (shellac, vinyl, lacquer) matter?
> >
> > I've really got my doubts that it's very effective, but I'd love to
> hear
> > from my highly-regarded fellow listmembers.
> >
> > Sammy Jones
> >