Re: [AV Media Matters] Candle Wax follow-up

[joe salerno <salernoj@swbell.net>]

I wonder - after you removed large amounts of wax if simply running hot
water - real hot but not boiling - would have removed the wax remains? Since
this is vinyl and not shellac, the water shouldn't damage the record.

Joe Salerno
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----- Original Message -----

> Firstly, I made a work surface to support the disc using a piece of 6 mm
> plate glass with a soft towel laid over the top.  Under the heat of a 60
> watt bulb in an Anglepoise lamp about 2 feet above the disc, I used a
> sharp-pointed toothpick (the flat type) and removed as much of the excess
> wax as possible - trying to avoid actually digging into the groove.
>
> Having done that, I let the disc cool down to ambient and then put it in
> the 'fridge for a couple of hours.  When it had reached the -4=BAC the
> =B4fridge runs at, I took the record.   Then I used the toothpicks again,
> this time trying to catch an 'edge' of wax and pull it out of the groove.
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