[78-L] Cleaning Lacquers.

[Robert M. Bratcher Jr.]

I'm not sure. Got it about 15 years ago from another ham radio operator I knew. Worked great as it was although I did pay Miltronix to do a remanufacture job on it a few years ago & it was well worth the money I spent. That reciever still gets used from time to time......



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>...an R390... ooooo.... who was the builder?
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>Brad
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>From: Robert M. Bratcher Jr. <rbratcherjr at yahoo.com>
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>I cleaned the palmtric acid off of several NOS blank lacquers that I picked up from a used record dealer that I knew. One thick mass of 12" discs that I carefully pealed apart one by one then cleaned them with Windex & a paper towel then I put each disc on the Keith Monks for a second cleaning. Worked great however the discs were a bit noisy after recording with my Presto machine even though I used a fresh stylus. I'm sure that it was because they were old discs even though I used a 75 watt lamp to heat the lacquer surface as it was was being cut. Nothing hifi or anything. Just whatever I recorded off my old R390a vacuum tube reciever over a few days at 33 rpm. Normally I record from that reciever onto open reels at 3.75 ips. Didn't pay much for the blanks but I had fun with my portable recorder anyway.....
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>>From: David Lennick 
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>>Sent: Wednesday, January 4, 2012 5:07 PM
>>Subject: Re: [78-L] Cleaning Lacquers.
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>>I shpritz the stuff on and wipe it in with whatever paper towels are handy. But 
>>cleaning the disc again with distilled water is good. I use the Monks Record 
>>Cleaning Machine, so I'm already using a turntable and a system of brushes and 
>>a vacuum pump.
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>>What, no Swiffer?
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>>dl
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>>On 1/4/2012 6:02 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>>> Will a soft Bounty paper towel be good enough to apply it? Or should we use something less abrasive like chamois (or even a Sham Wow, if we dare...)?
>>> Cary
>>>
>>> On Jan 4, 2012, at 2:28 PM, "David Lennick"  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Don't go buying ammonia unless you plan to dilute it drastically..Johnson's
>>>> original format Windex has the perfect amount. Accept no substitutes or bargain
>>>> store knock-offs, don't use "extra strength" or any colour other than blue. The
>>>> stuff you're going to remove is palmitic acid.
>>>>
>>>> And it makes perfect sense to want to transfer your own discs.
>>>>
>>>> dl
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>>>> On 1/4/2012 4:00 PM, OKIN EARL wrote:
>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>
>>>>> Firstly, thanks for your replies about cleaning lacquers.
>>>>>>  From what you all say, Ammonia seems to be the key word!
>>>>> I'll buy some tomorrow but naturally beginning with the play-out area, just
>>>>> in case. ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> For those of you who wanted to know if these recordings are otherwise
>>>>> available...
>>>>> These are all complete broadcasts from Hotel Pennsylvania between
>>>>> October-December 1937.
>>>>> Maybe you can check to see if these have been otherwise released or not,
>>>>> but I'd still rather clean what I've already got, rather than spend money
>>>>> on other records! ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Earl.
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