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Re: [ARSCLIST] Metal Parts
Kurt Nauck <nauck@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Greetings All
>
>What is the preferred method of cleaning and storing metal parts?
>
>I would think that alcohol would be a safe and effective cleaning agent.
I believe record companies actually cleaned them with naphtha. Victor
stored them vertically in large envelopes, or so they showed in the
promo film "Command Performance"
>Should anything be applied to keep them from corroding (gun oil, perhaps)?
Weren't fathers and stampers usually copper with a nickel backing?
Gun oil might work; you need something to keep the copper from turning
green, but removable so that the recording itself is accessible. I
don't remember what mothers and matrices were made from, or whether
those are susceptible to corrosion...
Michael Shoshani
Chicago IL