What I've been told is that there are small voids or bubbles in black wax, which causes crackle.
Sent from my iPhone -- Peter [email protected] On Mar 12, 2008, at 8:55 AM, "Ron L" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org From [email protected] Wed Mar 12 10:15:23 2008 From: [email protected] (DeeDee Blais) Date: Wed Mar 12 10:19:38 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Early Collectors Message-ID: <[email protected]> I'm sorry to hear that we lost Ken Blazier and Del Hahn. I had the good fortune to get acquainted with both of them from attending the early CAPS shows in the 80's. I was invited to both their homes and enjoyed seeing their collections. Both had fine collections but I was totally amazed to see two consecutively numbered Edison Operas in Ken's collection. Wow! Jerry Blais ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs From [email protected] Wed Mar 12 10:37:19 2008 From: [email protected] (DeeDee Blais) Date: Wed Mar 12 10:37:36 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Shameless Plug for MAPS and CAPS! Message-ID: <[email protected]> I hope everyone in phono-l is a member of CAPS and MAPS. They are both wonderful clubs that promote and inform our hobby. Please contact: Michigan Antique Phonograph Society 60 Central Street Battle Creek, Michigan 49017 (Dues are only $25 and include the monthly newsletter.) California Antique Phonograph Society PO Box 169 Victorville, California 92393 (Dues are only $25 and include a wonderful quarterly newsletter) I can't say enough good things about both clubs and would encourage membership in both. I'm pleased to see that fellow phono-l member George Paul is Vice President of CAPS. Jerry Blais ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping From [email protected] Wed Mar 12 10:50:49 2008 From: [email protected] (Andrew Baron) Date: Wed Mar 12 10:52:53 2008 Subject: [Phono-L] Moldy wax records In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> References: <002a01c8841e$818d8540$6c9fe...@ger1> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> What are the best solvents for this? Andy On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:35 AM, Steve Andersen wrote: > You can shave the black wax records if you treat them with a > softening solvent. > > On Mar 12, 2008, at 10:57 AM, Peter Fraser wrote: > >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
