[78-L] Cleaning Gels

[H D Goldman]

I think you will find the use of such products on shellac, acetate or lacquer surfaces ill-advised.  Regardless of the recorded media, pour & peel preparations are far from safe &/or thorough.

Just my 2 cents.

Cheers,

Duane Goldman

On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:27 AM, David Lennick wrote:
> Sounds like GooGone or equivalent. Has anyone ever tried that stuff on discs?
> 
> dl
> 
> Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 09:13:01 -0500
>> From: neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Cleaning Gels
>> 
>> How would such a gel work? Sounds like it would be more difficult to 
>> clean the bottom of a groove, removing it after application, if it even 
>> made it to the bottom of the groove to do anything.
>> 
>> Some records don't do well with water, or extended contact with water. 
>> Gel would need to be a water free substance? Is this what they do with 
>> it with artwork? Cleaning watercolors?
>> 
>> joe salerno
>> 
>> maceo wrote:
>>> A local acquaintance has commented to me about cleaning gels in relation 
>>> to the conserving of artwork and the like, he said he saw such a product 
>>> for records as well?!
>>> 
>>> Is there such a product, he said it is a liquid that set to a gel, 
>>> therefore not good for acetates or flaked shellac, I would presume it 
>>> might be cost prohibitive, otherwise he said there was no residue and 
>>> supposedly worked...
>>> 
>>> Any clues on this?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Gary

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