[78-L] hardening fluid-not what you are thinking!

[David Lennick]

I picked up a huge collection of 78s years ago and its owner had obviously used 
SOMETHING on the records. They weren't tacky but you could see that something 
had been applied. And early 50s issues of Gramophone carried ads for a product 
called GramPoo, which someone once told me was accurately named.

dl

On 3/13/2012 9:55 AM, neechevoneeznayou at gmail.com wrote:
> I found a 10" paper sleeve, and the advertising on it is all for
> Duotone. Stylii, Stellite cutting needle, Star Sapphire (that was also
> the name of a comic book character), and the one I have never heard of -
>
> Duotone Hardening Fluid - get more plays from this record by applying
> Duotone Hardening Fluid. Price $.50
>
> Anybody ever used this stuff? Does it really give you more plays from
> your record? How did it work?