Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] OT: removing wax from vinyl
From: Chris Pickett (chris.pickett_AT_mail.mcgill.ca)
Date: Sat Jun 19 2004 - 23:39:14 EEST
Dylan wrote:
> On Saturday 19 Jun 2004 16:52 pm, Jan Depner wrote:
>
>>The other possibility is to put the record in the refrigerator and
>>get it very cold. The vinyl and the wax should shrink and you might
>>be able to (very carefully) chip/pry the wax off.
>
>
> I will try that - like getting chewing gum out of fabric :))
Or try paint thinner to dissolve the wax. Vinyl is pretty inert.
You're more likely to do damage scratching off the wax imo.
Cheers,
Chris
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