Wow..! We didn't make it back to cold cream...
Mike
Oldcranky

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 3:27 PM, Vinyl Visions <[email protected]>wrote:

>
> Ammonia is DEFINITELY NOT A GOOD IDEA. Ammonia can be used as a paint
> stripper - try some on an old cabinet to see what it does... it will remove
> old varnish, shellac, plastic finishes, etc. Not a good thing on celluloid,
> wax or shellac records.
>
> > Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 16:30:58 -0500
> > From: [email protected]
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Blue Amberol cleaning
> >
> > Do some googling for nitrocellulose base film or negative cleaner. I
> > suspect that ammonia is not real good on it.There usual selection of
> > household cleaners do not strike me as the thing to use.
> >
> > Wax records can be cleaned in lab glassware cleaner or the Beer Glass
> > Cleaner for hand washing just as well.
> >
> > Any temperature differential across the 4min wax will result in instant
> > disassembly.
> >
> > Windex is for windows.
> >
> > On 04/22/2011 11:08 AM, Ron L'Herault wrote:
> > > I've cleaned off blue Amberols with Windex with no visible or audible
> > > damage.  Spray on, wipe off.
> > >
> > > Ron L
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:
> [email protected]] On
> > > Behalf Of Bruce Mercer
> > > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 12:02 PM
> > > To: Antique Phonograph List
> > > Subject: [Phono-L] Blue Amberol cleaning
> > >
> > > I'm sure most on this group know a safe and effective way to clean a 4
> min.
> > > BA or any celluloid cylinder. Obviously do not get the interior wet but
> can
> > > water on a cloth with a little dish washing detergent followed by a
> thorough
> > > 'rinse' and a careful cloth 'drying' be the way to go about it? Being a
> DD
> > > collector I don't think celluloid would do to well using the same thing
> I
> > > clean DD with. :-)
> > > What about the earlier 4 min. black Amberols that are so fragile? Can I
> use
> > > the same process and materials used for celluloid?
> > >    I'm finally setting up my cylinder machine after Steve rebuilt the
> > > reproducer for me. It's been stored away far too many years.
> > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> > > Bruce Mercer
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