Date:         Wed, 9 Nov 2005 23:01:51 -0600
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From:         phillip holmes <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:      Re: SERIOUS cleaning cheap...possoble?
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Try this:
http://www.vpiindustries.com/17.htm
Different length tubes are available for the different formats.  They last 
forever.  Very high build quality.
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From: "Steven C. Barr" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:03 PM
Subject: [ARSCLIST] SERIOUS cleaning cheap...possoble?


> Okeh...noted a thread about cleaning records (78?) on ARSCLIST, so I'll 
> try
> asking this...
>
> I'm currently going through my collection to see what the heck I own, and
> what has and hasn't survived. These records have, for the most part, 
> stayed
> in their milk boxes, usually in my basement, untouched for about 10-15
> years...and then been stored again here in Oshawa. However, they have
> accumulated dust (in sone cases plaster dust from a renovation) and
> in some cases targeted by spraying cats. As well, they never have
> been thoroughly cleaned since I owned them (and probably before?)
>
> So, given that I have about 40,000 78's in various stages of
> dirtiness, and don't have access to anything resembling a
> fortune (as well as sinks and racks for mass-production
> cleaning and drying of 78's!)...what is the best way to
> clean them (they don't have to be surgical-quality clean)
> that is compatible with my limited budget and facilities?
>
> ...stevenc
> http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/
>
>