[78-L] Repairing cracked records

[Dan Van Landingham]

I tried heating an old Brunswick 78 once.The gap did get wider.




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From: Steven C. Barr <stevenc at interlinks.net>
To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Tue, October 12, 2010 5:50:59 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Repairing cracked records

From: "Glenn Longwell" <glongwell at snet.net>
> The following record sold recently and it brings up a question I've 
> wondered about.  Check out ebay item 350396814577.
> This wasn't mine nor did I buy it.  What I'm interested in is how would 
> you fix a crack in a record like this where the crack is separated?  I've 
> heated up records before and the crack gets wider.  Has anyone 
> successfully closed the gap on a record like this and then glued it?
>
Essentially, you have to fill in the space with something; I have used the 
wax
"marking crayons" (the ones with a heavy paper "outside layer" and a wax
"core") to do this.

Steven C. Barr 

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