[78-L] Capitol schmutz

[David Lennick]

1:200 is the standard mixture (PhotoFlo and Steam Distilled Water) but you can 
go to 2:200 for oilier discs. I find that exuded stuff on thousands of records 
and I don't know if it's from the shellac or some interaction with the material 
in the sleeve. It almost never turns up on 78s that were housed in dry cabinets 
in green sleeves at CFRB and the CBC Toronto, but similar discs in similar 
sleeves from CBC Halifax are always gooped up.

dl

On 7/17/2011 2:58 PM, Malcolm Rockwell wrote:
> I've been going through my Blues 78s for the first time in years and
> getting myself reacquainted with them. I had forgotten just what was
> there and many were uncataloged so there are quite a number of pleasant
> surprises!
>
> Anyhow, one odd surprise was finding a copy of Leadbelly on red label
> Capitol 40130 (Irene b/w Backwater Blues). from the early 50s. Both
> sides were covered in this partially hardened white glop that resembles
> the castor oil exudate one finds on lacquers. I've never seen this occur
> on a shellac and the records surrounding it are all fine. Could it be
> that Capitol was playing with their formulation? The disc "rings" like a
> regular shellac but sounds somewhat duller, as if it's not a normal
> shellac mix. Could it have been plasticized enough for it to "mold"?
>
> Anyone else find a Capitol doing this?
>
> On a related note, Kodak Lens Cleaner seems to work (whereas my regular
> cleaning solution does not work well at all), but not as well as it does
> on lacquers.
>
> Would somebody please refresh me on the correct water to lens cleaner
> ratio I should be using for lacquers?
>
> Thanks,
> Malcolm