"Huge" wrote in message
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On 2017-01-13, Iain Churches wrote:

I always thought Fairy Liquid had salt in it as a thickener, which
deposits onto the record surface, although looking at the material
safety sheet, I could well be wrong.

With the tiniest drop of Fairy to a litre of solution,
I wonder, if there is any salt, how much it can affect the result?

I have made wet-transcriptions that did not need any further
work on the DAW.

These days, many new, limited-edition pressings,
on 180gm vinyl are pristine.


Although doesn't wet playing (which I have been doing for decades
without
problems) cause steam to come out of some purists ears? (Win/win, then,
in my book.)

Yes, it does upset some people.
Others have told me that once you play an LP
with a prorietary wet transfer liquid, you can no
longer play it dry.

And they're right. The surface noise levels go up considerably, I assume
because gunge that was previously in the bottom of the groove has now
been distributed over the groove walls.

A peep through a microscope before and after might be
revealing.

I've never seen any evidence
of this, partly because it's hard to find any through the blizzard
of saliva-splattered ranting about how evil wet playing is.


:-)


Iain