On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:49 +0200, "Iain Churches"
wrote:

"Richard Robinson" wrote in message
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Huge said:
On 2017-01-13, Graeme Wall wrote:

What is recommended these days for the wet transfer, just distilled
water?

FWIW, I use 90% distilled water (not de-ionised), 10% isopropyl alcohol
and a few drops of photographic wetting agent (2.5ml in a litre).

Where can one find isopropanol, these days ? I went into a local "chemist"
a few months ago and asked, they looked at me like I was demented.
Which may be a fair point, but not relevant here.

I am not certain, but IIRC it is also known as surgical spirit or rubbing alchohol.

Err, no, it's certainly not that. And discs and styli (and tape heads
as well for that matter) do not take too well to the Oil of Wintergreen
present in surgical spirit either (horrendous long story from my youth).

Perhaps your chemist will know it under those names.
You can easily check the label to make sure it is the
same stuff.

Indeed. And as mentioned, wet playing once means wet playing for ever
more, plus separate headshells and styli, flagging such discs, & etc.

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paul wrote:
Err, no, it's certainly not that. And discs and styli (and tape heads
as well for that matter) do not take too well to the Oil of Wintergreen
present in surgical spirit either (horrendous long story from my youth).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubbing_alcohol

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On 15/01/2017 10:16, paul wrote:

Indeed. And as mentioned, wet playing once means wet playing for ever
more, plus separate headshells and styli, flagging such discs, & etc.

I assumed wet playing was the final playing, for transfer to digital.

Any good recipes for baking sticky open-reel tapes?

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Eiron.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 10:54:24 -0000, Eiron wrote:


Any good recipes for baking sticky open-reel tapes?


Gently warm up to around 50 degrees C over a few hours and then allow to
cool overnight before playing.

Food dehydrators are often recommended although I actually use a 40W
lightbulb in a potters kiln.

James
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JRP Music - http://www.jrpmusic.co.uk

paul said:
On Fri, 13 Jan 2017 16:49 +0200, "Iain Churches"
"Richard Robinson" wrote in message
news:uYudnYMuUuk4eOXFnZ2dnUU78aWdnZ2d@brightview .co.uk...
Huge said:
On 2017-01-13, Graeme Wall wrote:

What is recommended these days for the wet transfer, just distilled
water?

FWIW, I use 90% distilled water (not de-ionised), 10% isopropyl alcohol
and a few drops of photographic wetting agent (2.5ml in a litre).

Where can one find isopropanol, these days ? I went into a local "chemist"
a few months ago and asked, they looked at me like I was demented.
Which may be a fair point, but not relevant here.

I am not certain, but IIRC it is also known as surgical spirit or rubbing alchohol.

Err, no, it's certainly not that. And discs and styli (and tape heads
as well for that matter) do not take too well to the Oil of Wintergreen
present in surgical spirit either (horrendous long story from my youth).


Wikipedia certainly isn't very encouraging, certainly. It looks kind of
mucky.

Perhaps your chemist will know it under those names.
You can easily check the label to make sure it is the
same stuff.

Indeed. And as mentioned, wet playing once means wet playing for ever
more, plus separate headshells and styli, flagging such discs, & etc.



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Richard Robinson
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