Like turning a cracked lacquer disc into a hundred piece puzzle with no
interlocking parts? Hehe (or more fittingly something like that Johnny Cash
song "Cry, Cry, Cry") Thanks and sorry for being so literal in my response.

Nathan


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 12:22 PM, Steve Greene <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Nathan,
> The cutting fluid analog was facile on my part. Your point about humidity
> and static control is valid. However, depending on the material involved
> (wax, shellac, aluminum, lacquer, acetate, vinyl) and the cleanness of the
> disc, I can imagine several outcomes, some of them less than desirable.
>
> Steve
>
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