In a message dated 3/9/00 2:30:54 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< The jackets are ruined, but does anyone know the best way to get mold off
the discs? >>
In 1979 I was a DJ at a local rock station, and we had a flood that rose 5
feet into the radio station. Almost all of our rock library was flooded by
the beautiful Ocklawaha River. We called it the Ocklawaha because it was a
better name than "Mud Creek" which it was most commonly referred to. The
Cherokee Indians had called the river Ocklawaha and we thought that was cool,
until we found out that Ocklawaha, in Cherokee, means "Muddy Creek"
So, to make a lame story endless....I, being the most junior DJ was assigned
the task of cleaning all of the records that had been damaged by the flood.
I inherited 1200 albums that were covered with silt, mold and mud.....after
trying hydrogen peroxide, alcohol, Formula 409, Windex, Comet, brushes and
sponges, buckets and spray nozzles.......I was able to recover a net 5
albums.....
The remainder were used as flying discs on Interstate 26 out of my car window
by my buddies on Friday and Saturday nights. Man, a 33.3 LP can do some
amazing things at 70 miles per hour......leap 18 wheelers in a sudden jump,
smash into 10,000 pieces on impact.....Slice a mailbox in half.....
OK.....so the prospects of recovery are slim......but it is like most every
song you purchase, you have to buy it over and over again at least 5 times if
you want to hear it throughout your life.....LP, Cassett, 8-track, another
Cassett, another LP, CD
Rog
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