@kirmussaudio7578

3 weeks ago

Fascinating video and story! Just some thoughts on lacquer preparation for any plating and some general thoughts and our observations as based on pressd records which could perhaps apply to lacquers, illustrated below as food for thought... In our study and in understanding where water droplets are larger than record grooves, and where PVC has the same electrical charge as pvc plastic, repelling water, t would be interesting to try the Kirmuss process on a cut lacquer before any plating. We see water used as a pre rinse. Perhaps our restoration process on a lacquer could be beneficial. Very interesting all your results. Your detailed and well organized process and discoveries. Really impressive! In the thought process... food for thought and for investigaion, we have indeed discovered outgassing of records and caught in a record sleeve for weeks or multiple decades, this creates a film as you noted. In our studies, our process removes this film. The needle now discovers the detail hidden by this film. Having not played a lacquer, just records, known where the heat of the needle can see dust fused into surfaced pressing oil as discovered by the Shure Brothers, creating more pops, pop creation can be avoided by using a 10 micron diameter brush before any play. Of course from a pressed record our process removes approximately 0.9 microns of this release agent. I would assume this practice could perhaps apply to the lacquer as well. No pressing oil per say in a lacquer. More study needed as your lathe is doing the cut. Am very curious as to what if anything as to any film surfaces during the cutting. This said, I would assume where heat generated at the point of contact with the needle in playing a lacquer could perhaps create a pop perhaps by way of heating of the lacquer at the point of contact. Just hypothesizing at this point. In combination with the blast of nitrogen air, perhaps our process could help before any plating. Lots of variables. FYi; I picked up some lacquers at the Electric Recording Company in the UK. Hmmm, time permitting it would be interesting to experiment. In pressed records discovered where records should be played once per day per side. Allowing the plasticizer to do its job and return the groove to its rest or pressed position for best sound reproduction. The needle creates heat at the point of contact with the pressed record's groovened, . As just mentioned, wise to always use a 10 micron brush before play to remove dust. As lacquers are cut and not pressed, something to look at as to repeated same day play of a lacquer. More investigation.... Playing records sees the stylus pick up contaminants. In playing records a needle cleaner is suggested. I am sure where in playing a lacquer where a safe wet needle cleaner was usd before any play, and where 10 micron diameter parastatic felt brush was used. The above illustrated as common good practice based on our studies of pressed records. In stacking lacquers for shipping, noted the care. Paper spacers are problematic due to their manufacture. Dusty. Very impressed with your video!!!!!

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