Hi Scott, Sorry to hear about your record collection... I've got a massive collection myself and have had my share of problems in the past. What works for me is to give each individual album a "shower" -- turn on the shower and hold the album right in the water stream --- about 4 or five feet from the spigget. I use warm water -- not hot -- and try to keep the water away from the center label as much as possible, as I've found that in a few cases, if I left the water straight on the center label too long, it would cause some water damage to the label. However, some water on the center label has never been a problem. So I basically give the disc a good blast of water -- I let the shower water run pretty hard -- and continue to rotate the disc through the water stream until satisfied. As far as drying the disc, the safest thing, obviously, is to completely let it air dry. To speed up the process, I've laid down a clean bath towel, and gently blotted the disc against it, careful not to turn the disc while on the towel, and then let it air dry. I've had excellent results with this process -- I've picked up records at garage sales that at first look appear totally hopeless, then clean up real nicely with this process. Have you asked this question in the record collecting newsgroups? You might get some quality info there, too. Good luck, Curt Portland, OR _________________________ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe doobiefans-list" in the body.
