I'd be willing to try it,on a cheap,common record,at first,but there are no US dealers listed. Kevin,I've enjoyed your show for years.I couldn't help but notice your email address,what exactly do yo do there? Roger ________________________________ From: "Nutt, Kevin" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Mon, April 5, 2010 1:22:07 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Clean LPs with wood glue? At first I thought this might be a joke because of the name and there's some clumsy grammar and spelling errors throughout. Says the formula is "a specially formulated anti-static polymer....." http://recordrevirginizer.com/about.html -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roger Kulp Sent: Monday, April 05, 2010 1:31 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Clean LPs with wood glue? Roger Would rubber cement work for shellac discs as well? Roger ________________________________ From: George Brock-Nannestad <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Fri, April 2, 2010 10:22:18 AM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Clean LPs with wood glue? From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad Hello, I seem to remember that about 30-35 years ago, or perhaps even longer, there was a product that you would apply to an LP face, let dry to a film and pull off, removing groove grime. It is not helpful if I say that I may have a photocopy from an old Audio Magazine describing this. A PVA film might have such properties. I know that in the 1970s I tried to put wood glue (PVA) on a 78 rpm record and stick it to a kraft-paper-like sheet. When I pulled it off I had a negative with black specks on it. I never continued the work, did not inspect it under a microscope, but I suspect that some of the black specks may have been record material. Two arguments may be made why this experience does not transfer to vinyl LPs: early 78 rpm grooves could be much steeper near the land and of course the materials are so different. This little bit is also a test of our system that the LoC have been working on. Kind regards, George > I don't know if there is anything to the practice of using Titebond II > brand > wood glue for cleaning LP's because I haven't tried it (I'm curious though). > I > doubt that it was an "April Fools" joke however because there has been a > long > running thread on the audioKarma forum regarding the practice: > > http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/showthread.php?t=99837&highlight=Titebond+I > I > > Cheers! > > Corey > Corey Bailey Audio Engineering > > > Quoting Alex Hartov <[log in to unmask]>: > > > Did you check the date of the posting? > > > > > > On Apr 1, 2010, at 9:08 AM, Jeremy Smith wrote: > > > > > Maybe not the most time efficient, or archivally sound practice, but > > something I hadn't heard of before.... > > > > > > > http://lifehacker.com/5495614/use-wood-glue-to-clean-and-restore-old-lps > > > > > > -- > > > Jeremy Smith > > > Verizon-Du Bois Metadata Specialist > > > Special Collections and University Archives > > > University of Massachusetts-Amherst > > > 154 Hicks Way > > > Amherst MA 01003 > > > http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/ > >