I do the same thing, except I use the wax from a broken cylinder, melting a
 drop with a pencil-type soldering iron. I carefully place the drop into
the area of the dig. It can be 'flowed' by using the iron carefully, then
scraped as noted below. This technique can be used to fill edge flakes,
flowing the wax to fill the void, scraping, then (with the record on a flat
table) rubbing furiously so as to melt the wax and make it as flush with the
record as possible. With any luck, a playback with that VR II will carve a
 new groove each rotation, until it reaches the first good groove, Takes
practice, but it works. I demonstrated this procedure at a MAPS meeting in
Michigan about 10 years ago. (Successfully, I might add. 8>) )
 
Don Chichester
 
 
In a message dated 4/12/2013 3:54:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
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I have a block of paraffin canning wax for filling digs. a run through
with
my GE VR II will recreate the grooves.

Another technique I have used effectively is for records with either a
scalloped edge chip or "bite" out of a record. I put the record on a flat
surface with waxed paper underneath the damaged area. Holding a lighter
underneath the paraffin wax, I drip wax to fill the hole, builting enough
material to completely fill the damage, and a little more just overlapping
the groove area around the damage. I then take a utility knife and remove
from the holder. I then scrape the wax down by pressing the blade against
the good area of the record until the wax is glassy smooth and level with
the rest of the record. A play or two with my VR II and I can then get a
complete transfer of the sound at 33 1/3 rpm. The drop out only lasts for
a
small fraction of a second when I correct the speed, the repair is almost
unnoticed when I've cleaned it up. -Mickey Clark
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Malcolm Rockwell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:46 AM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] grease pencil removal


> You're right about a stylus helping remove grease pencil in the groove
BUT
> grease pencil is what I use to fill some digs before transferring a rare
 
> record to another medium. It works but only as a temporary measure. The
> stylus will cut a new channel through the very malleable pencil mark and
> play through (well enough to minimize any peaking when transferring to a
> digital medium - then you can use software to remove the rest without
> leaving nasty artifacts). This method works well for small digs but will
> not fill a tapering 2" long crack running from the edge in! That's a
whole
> other topic for discussion.
> Malcolm
>
> *******
>
> On 4/12/2013 5:47 AM, Hood, Mark wrote:
>> Preserve the original condition with metadata - photos, description,
>> etc.,
>> then remove the grease pencil and digitize the disc's content. I think
>> most would agree that recovering the audio content before the media
>> degrades into unplayability would outweigh preservation of the grease
>> pencil record of the editor's opinion, and with appropriate metadata,
>> both can be preserved.
>>
>> In stubborn cases, I have found that a stylus actually helps break up
the
>> grease pencil (gentle attempt at playing the disc with a non-critical
>> stylus), and then solvents can remove the remainder more easily. This
>> process did not appear to damage the lacquer or the stylus.
>>
>> Mark Hood
>> IUB Media Preservation Task Force
>> Assistant Professor of Music
>> Department of Recording Arts
>> Indiana University Jacobs School of Music
>>
>>
>> On 4/12/13 11:18 AM, "Steve Greene" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> Playing devils advocate here...
>>>
>>> Those grease pencil marks are an edit decision. I understand the
>>> desirability of removing the contamination from the grooves from an
>>> audio
>>> perspective, but from an archival perspective how do you do that and
>>> preserve a record of the fact that the creator or editor thought the
>>> grease penciled material was a bad take?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Steve Greene
>>> Archivist
>>> Office of Presidential Libraries
>>> National Archives and Records Administration
>>> (301) 837-1772
>>>>>> "Peoples, Curtis" <[log in to unmask]> 4/12/2013 10:57 AM >>>
>>> I was watching American Restoration and they talked about removing
>>> grease
>>> pencil markings from various objects and said the oil from you skin was
>>> the best. Rick Dale demonstrated by wiping his finger on his forehead
>>> and
>>> erasing grease pencil marking from a piece of painted metal. It came
off
>>> without any smearing. Would there be a product comparable to "skin
oil"?
>>> Will it work on a disc? Soapy water will create a greasy mess.
Solvents
>>> will probably damage the disc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Curtis L. Peoples, Ph.D.
>>> Associate Archivist, Crossroads Music Archive,
>>> www.crossroadsofmusic.ttu.edu
>>> Unit Head, Crossroads Recording Studio,
>>> http://library.ttu.edu/crossroadsrecordingstudio/
>>> Director, TTU Americana Ensemble,
>>> http://ttuamericanaensemble.weebly.com/index.html
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Doug Pomeroy
>>> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2013 9:31 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: [ARSCLIST] grease pencil removal
>>>
>>> I have never experimented with various cleaning fluids to remove grease
>>> pencil from shellac and lacquer discs. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>>
>>> Doug Pomeroy
>>> Audio Restoration and Mastering Services
>>> 193 Baltic St (Clinton/Henry)
>>> Brooklyn, NY 11201-6173
>>> (718) 855-2650
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