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Re: Ultrasonic cleaner

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Graham McDonald <[log in to unmask]>

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Distilled water with Cetramide, which is a wetting agent (not something to 
precipitate out the gunge)

Our disc transfer person, Gerry, heats the bath to 27-30C. (I just do it, 
for less critical transfers, at ambient room temp 20-22C) The discs are 
suspended on a piece of bent wire through the centre hole a dipped into 
the bath vertically, keeping the label out and then slowly rotated for a 
minute or two. The cetramide seems to stop the liquid dripping onto the 
labels The water is vacuumed off and they are allowed to dry in a rack. 

There doesn't seem to be an option for the ultrasonic frequency on the 
front panel of the machine, but we set the intensity level at about the 
midpoint, 5 on a scale of 1-9. Gerry is going to look at the manual to see 
if there is a way to change the frequency.

We don't have a manual for doing this, as there are only a couple of 
people who use it and it is a pretty simple process.  I can ask around and 
track down what  written documentaion there might be from the initial 
testing that was done when we got it..

cheers

Graham McDonald
Recorded Sound Archivist
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 
McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra  ACT  2601 
Tel:  02 6248 2192 
www.nfsa.gov.au



From:   Steve Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask], 
Date:   12/02/2013 10:07 PM
Subject:        Re: [ARSCLIST] Ultrasonic cleaner
Sent by:        Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List 
<[log in to unmask]>



Extremely interesting.  A few questions:

Do you use distilled water only or are chemicals added as well?  If so, 
which?

Do you use a surficant (sp?) such as Kodak Photoflo?

Is there a problem with the bath heating up sufficiently to warp records?

How do you protect the labels?

You are using a dual frequency cleaner- 25K and 40K. Which do you use or 
do 
you use them in sequence?

You wouldn't have a manual for this process, perchance?

Steve Smolian







-----Original Message----- 
From: Graham McDonald
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2013 11:51 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Ultrasonic cleaner

I wasn't working here when the ultrasonic cleaner was bought more than 7
years ago, but what I would be sure of is that an exhaustive and
comprehensive research and testing procedure was undertaken before putting
the machine into service. With the shear number of discs in the collection
here the chances of any disc going through the procedure more than once
are minimal and even then the disc will likely only be played once or
twice as part of the digital preservation process before going back in the
vaults. The thinking, as I understand it, is that is better to get the
bits of grit and gunge out of the grooves before playback rather than have
then ground in even more by the passage of the stylus.

As a matter of interest it would be highly unlikely that we would be
transferring any Paramount, Grey Gull or Gennett records. We have more
than enough Australian music to be going on with 8-)

Looking forward to meeting up with lots of you in KC

graham


Graham McDonald
Recorded Sound Archivist
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra  ACT  2601
Tel:  02 6248 2192
www.nfsa.gov.au



From:   Malcolm Rockwell <[log in to unmask]>
To:     [log in to unmask],
Date:   12/02/2013 03:22 PM
Subject:        Re: [ARSCLIST] Ultrasonic cleaner
Sent by:        Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
<[log in to unmask]>



My thoughts on this are -
Vinyl is not porous, but shellac is, so I'll not deal with vinyl 78s,
45s or 33s here.
For shellac records one would think that not only would ground in dirt
and/or grit be loosened from the groove walls but any pitting that the
dirt may have caused in the shellac would cause a microscopic loss of
shellac at the site as well, thus possibly causing a loss in clarity and
possibly hiss or crackle in later playings. This may not be much of a
problem with E condition Victors, but would possibly have immediate
adverse affects on Paramount, Grey Gull or Gennett products, among other
labels, even in E condition! As we well know all shellac formualtions,
even within a single company, are not the same over time.
Lacquer isn't porous but wouldn't a vibrating liquid tend to get under
any imperfection, such as a small ding at the center hole or rim of the
record, and begin working the lacquer away from the substrate?
So, some questions -
Have any long term comparisons been done? Such as 1) record before
cleaning, 2) record after initial cleaning, record 6 months later, 4)
record one year later, etc? One would have to apply both aural and
microscopic examinations and, of course, try to keep as many of the
variables down to a minimum as possible.
One more thing and I'll call it a day: wouldn't subsequent cleanings
cause even more deterioration over time?
This sound like a good research project for some inquiring mind!
Malcolm Rockwell

*******

On 2/11/2013 5:09 PM, Graham McDonald wrote:
> Vinyl, shellac and lacquers, at least those that are not flaking off. As
> one of people discovered when we first got the machine (its been here
for
> more than seven years) you can put CDRs in the bath. They explode or at
> least burst apart.
>
>
> Graham McDonald
> Recorded Sound Archivist
> National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
> McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra  ACT  2601
> Tel:  02 6248 2192
> www.nfsa.gov.au
>
>
>
> From:   Malcolm Rockwell <[log in to unmask]>
> To:     [log in to unmask],
> Date:   12/02/2013 01:25 PM
> Subject:        Re: [ARSCLIST] Ultrasonic cleaner
> Sent by:        Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
> <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
>
> Do you clean shellac 78s or lacquer coated aluminum discs this way??
> I can see it for vinyl discs, but shellac?
> Malcolm Rockwell
>
> *******
>
> On 2/11/2013 3:54 PM, Graham McDonald wrote:
>> We have an Elma Transonic Digital machine which has a tank about
>> 18"x12"x12" and we put just about every disc that gets transfered in it
>> first, On really grungy discs you can see the stuff coming out of the
>> grooves like little streams of smoke in the water. There is an additive
> in
>> the water, Cetramide, which I think (may be wrong) precipitates the
> grunge
>> out to the bottom of the tank. The second stage is a modified Keith
> Monks
>> cleaning machine where the suck-up arm has been attached to a rather
> more
>> powerful vacum than the original fish tank style pump. It is just there
> to
>> suck the water from the ultrasonic tank away
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> graham
>>
>> Graham McDonald
>> Recorded Sound Archivist
>> National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
>> McCoy Circuit, Acton, Canberra  ACT  2601
>> Tel:  02 6248 2192
>> www.nfsa.gov.au
>>
>>
>>
>> From:   Steven Smolian <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:     [log in to unmask],
>> Date:   12/02/2013 11:21 AM
>> Subject:        [ARSCLIST] Ultrasonic cleaner
>> Sent by:        Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>> <[log in to unmask]>
>>
>>
>>
>> Has anyone recent experience cleaing records with an ultrasonic
cleaner?
>> I'm particularly interested in any experience with 45s.and 78s.
>>
>> Steve Smolian
>> 

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