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Re: [ARSCLIST] 78 RECORDS MILDEW AND MOLD
Several Months ago someone posted a formulation of chemicals for
cleaning all kinds discs. Has anyone been able to try this formulation?
I have had some folks look at the formula on paper to tell if the
ingredients are safe and they have said it seems to be, but have yet
been able to get our collection to purchase the chemicals needed. If
anyone has tried it can you please let me know your results.
John A. Loy
UNC-Chapel Hill
Southern Folklife Collection
Quoting "H. Duane Goldman" <thedoctor@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hi Mike,
>
> With all do respect, you give a bit too much credit to the value of a
> few
> drops of Photo Flo in water when manually cleaning, esp. when the
> residues
> are from household cleaning products. It will help but certainly
> has
> audible limits.
>
> I would not recommend prolonged storage of phonograph records in
> plastic bags.
>
> Regards,
>
> Duane Goldman
>
>
> At 09:41 AM 10/24/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> >At 12:20 PM 10/24/2004 -0400, Steven C. Barr wrote:
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Helen Dearing" <HelDear@xxxxxxx>
> >> > One of the members advised me to NOT use dish soap. He told me
> that it
> >>could
> >> > leave a damaging residue, not immediately recognized. Helen
> >>For institutional archival collections (most of the ARSCLIST
> members are
> >>connected with such) this might, in fact, be true. However, they
> can afford
> >>the expensive professional equipment and solutions needed for
> thorough and
> >>absolutely residue-free cleaning. For the most part, dish soap can
> be used
> >>if the LP's are well rinsed and dried with a soft, lint-free
> cloth.
> >
> >A minor supplement, if I may:
> >
> >The last rinse should be with distilled or at least demineralized
> water,
> >not with tap water. Adding a drop of Kodak Photoflo or a similar
> wetting
> >agent to that rinse is also recommended. In combination, they permit
> air
> >drying and in any event virtually eliminate the chance of residue in
> the
> >grooves from the cleaning process.
> >
> >
> >Mike
> >--
> >mrichter@xxxxxxx
> >http://www.mrichter.com/
>
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