Ah, yes, Black wax is another story. For some reason, I was just thinking about brown wax. I've heard that you can "erase" a black wax cylinder with paint thinner on a rag but I have not tried it and have not tried making a new recording on such a surface.
Ron -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter Fraser Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 10:58 AM To: Antique Phonograph List Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records no, you can't shave and record on black wax, only brown. On Mar 12, 2008, at 6:24 AM, Ron L wrote: > You can't fix them since the mold has eaten away the sound > information. > However, they can be shaved and used for blanks to re-record. I > only do > this if they are completely unintelligible. I sometimes digitize > what I can > here before I shave them. > > Ron L > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected] > ] On > Behalf Of ger > Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records > > What does one do with moldy wax records? > Throw them away? > Or save them for the interesting titles, with hopes that someday > someone > will figure out how to "fix" them? :) > > Thanks, > Ger > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org _______________________________________________ Phono-L mailing list http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
