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Hi Duane, Hopefully they felt that the process of a through cleaning was too boring for a video presentation. One would think that the cleaning process would have been mentioned though. I've done more than one wet transfer of a lacquer disc. However, it's the exception, not the rule. Usually, I'll resort to a wet transfer on lacquer discs that have been played to death, badly stored and/or handled where there seems to be no good option trying to get something above or below the wear pattern. These are one-off instantaneous recordings where there is no better copy available. In order to do a wet transfer of a lacquer, the surface has to be in good enough shape, free of cracks or anything that would allow the distilled water to get under the lacquer surface. I always verify this by inspecting the disc with a microscope before proceeding. On poor quality sources, the lacquer coating is often compromised, ruling out a wet transfer. I noticed in the You Tube video that both Alan Stoker and the owner of the disc, used their bare hands to handle the disc. Something I never do. I always wear film editors cotton gloves when inspecting lacquer discs and rubber gloves when working with them . Although the debate rages on regarding using a stereo stylus to transfer a lateral groove disc, I'm in the camp that favors a mono stylus for this type of disc. Why? Because each side of the groove wall on a lateral-cut disc contains half of the signal. Using a stereo stylus gives you two channels with half of the intended information for each channel plus anything that caused the stereo stylus to vibrate vertically. That said, sometimes using a stereo stylus gives the best result. While I'm replying to Duane Goldman's post: Recently there was mention of using a solution of "Sunlight" dish soap as a cleaning agent. As one who has tried all of the DIY solutions that I could find, including that used by the LOC, I can say that Duane's company (The Disc Doctor) makes the best I've used to date. Corey, Corey Bailey Audio Engineering www.baileyzone.net On 4/16/2015 3:54 PM, H D Goldman wrote: > Hi Aaron, > > Does anyone know why they decided to do a wet transfer? Too bad they didn’t have the good sense to clean it. > > thanks, > > Duane Goldman > > H D Goldman Lagniappe Chemicals Ltd. > PO Box 37066 St. Louis, MO 63141 USA > v/f 314 205 1388 [log in to unmask] > > > >> On Apr 16, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Aaron Coe<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Video of Elvis’ first recording, a 10-inch lacquer disc purchased by Jack White for $300k being transferred by Alan Stoker at the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, TN: >> >> http://youtu.be/wvtSMMaYUug >> >> Clearly things went well, but wet transfer of a lacquer sure makes me nervous. >> >> -Aaron >> _______________________ >> http://cuttingcorporation.com >> >