[78-L] Question about record cleaning

[David Lennick]

I regularly clean the labels if they're filthy or mildewy, with minimal damage 
except the odd ones I'm usually aware will cause problems. But I'm not 
submerging the records, I'm cleaning them on the Monks with a brush and vacuum 
system and a mix of distilled water and PhotoFlo.

dl

On 3/28/2012 4:26 PM, jim brannen wrote:
> Had a couple of late forties american RCA's that the printing all but disappeared when I did a quick rinse of the record under water. That wierd green-silver color they used when gold print disappeared.
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> ________________________________
>   From: Rodger Holtin<rjh334578 at yahoo.com>
> To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Question about record cleaning
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> I ran some warm tap water on a single face Harry Lauder 70000 series purple label Victor and had to scrub the purple off Mom's bathroom sink with Comet.  I wonder if those same labels are still similarly affected today with an additional 45 years to dry.  Not taking any more chances, I have protected the labels ever since.
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> Rodger
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> For Best Results use Victor Needles.
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> --- On Wed, 3/28/12, Jeff Sultanof<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>  wrote:
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> From: Jeff Sultanof<jeffsultanof at gmail.com>
> Subject: [78-L] Question about record cleaning
> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2012, 9:38 AM
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> While I was on the 78 community website, I looked at the video on how to
> clean a 78. I distinctly remember a thread on this list some time ago where
> I read that you should never submerge a record in liquid, as the label
> might be affected. Yet the demonstrator did just that.
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> Did I misinterpret something somewhere along the line? Or should you not
> submerge the entire record?
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> Thank you,
> Jeff Sultanof