I have not done this is many of years but I think I used turpentine. If you use the solvent with a rag (messy) you don't have to shave them. Sound quality won't be nearly as good on the black cylinders as with the brown cylinders because your recording on a harder wax cylinder.
On Mar 12, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Andrew Baron wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org
