I read the Leo Bakeland came to Edison and when they tried to use Bakelite as a record coating that the record would not come out of the mold until it was thrown on the floor causing the record to break.
I have heard of people that found NOS blue amberols with a waxy coating and one guy that said DD's were given a coating for some years. > Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:48:30 -0500 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Courtesty > > Naphtha will soften the wax. If you use enough of it you can wipe the > recording right off the cylinder. > > I have seen references to the original Diamond Disks being lubed by the > factory but can not remember what was used. It was not a wax or pledge > nor was it a petroleum. The surface is basically Bakelite type resin > and is relatively tolerant of most common lubes. > > Maybe someone else will remember what it was. > > Steven Medved wrote: > > What book and where does it say the records were lubed? > > > > The reason I am interested, I have recently been thinking that DD's would > > likely benefit from a lube. I have written with a man that said he had > > used Pledge on his wax cylinder records for 20 years with no adverse > > affects. > > > > I appreciate you post because I find it interesting. > > > > Pledge has HYDROTREATED HEAVY NAPHTHA, I have no idea how it would affect > > the record surfaces. > > > > http://www.biosci.ohio-state.edu/safety/MSDS/PLEDGE%20LEMON.htm > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:56:34 -0400 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Courtesty > >> > >> now lets talk diamond disk > >> i am using pledge on them to clean them up > >> in edisons book on disk it said they were lube before they left the > >> factory > >> any comments > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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
