I am cleaning some old records and one has paint on it. Like someone painted and splattered on it. It's a Lightning Hopkins 78 rpm so I want to clean it. How can I get the paint off?

Wrong sleeve on that Brunswick. Belongs on a @ 1930 record. Not to nitpick, but that’s your lead image. Electric sleeve on an acoustic disc

A simple damp rag will work just fine. No need to use any sort of degreaser or cleaner.

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Great video! It's fantastic to see someone appreciating and preserving the sound of vintage 78 rpm records. I noticed you're using a modern Audio Technica turntable and a 78 rpm stylus, which is awesome. I was wondering how you handle the equalization since the old 78s were recorded with various EQ curves that differ from the RIAA standard used in modern equipment. Do you use a specific preamp with adjustable EQ settings or any other method to address this? I'd love to know more about your setup. Thanks for sharing!

A+++! It's my pleasure to be welcomed to be a part of your record room tour! Great video!

Been fascinated with acoustical recordings ever since I started collecting 78s. Really neat hearing the Harmony records - it’s like an alternate reality where they kept perfecting the acoustical recording process instead of going electrical. Thanks so much for sharing!

I myself would never buy furniture for vinyl. I build my own out of real wood and never stack them to high. But for my CDs (over 2000) I love real wood bookcases. Worth the money. My vinyl collection is over 3500. That's all (from 976-CREOLEMAN)!

Actually, there are a small number of dealers online that do a very good job at shipping and do have very good product. What I recommend to the community is that they do their own research and look at the feedback. I purchase from at least three or four dealers on eBay and always receive terrific product and the shipping is impeccable. Not everyone could drive to Texas to buy Records from Nauks in Texas (and Nauks ships, too)

Soft Scrub is good on the white areas.Especially the White Album(Beatles)Apply it then letit dry,then buff the residue off.Perfect!!

Found an antique shop that had a crate full of them for a buck each. These 78s were still in their original papers, not too many scratches and barely any that were chipped. I got them all nice and cleaned up, took me about 3 hours to clean them all; I also bought some new holders for them. Did it cost me all in total $120? Yes. But still a really good find, especially with how EBay treats the pricing of records. I struck gold.

If I ever pay any visit to the 41st Ave. Capitola CA public shopping mall Target, you know very well that I still see these black vinyls in their cardboard record jacket albums. They never went out of style. I also wish to start seeing tape cassettes again in this store. 🛍 😅 😍 🙄 😆 😬 🛍

Do you ever stop talking and do some cleaning ?

Used to always be looking through the 45s and 78s in Salvation Army stores in 1980s and 90s where I could get them as little as a dime. I was always looking for records by Fats Waller and Benny Goodman Sextet. I grew up with 78 records in our house and still have some old family records. I have a severely worn Django Reinhardt and Hot Club of France - Nuages and Loves Melody - my dad said my aunts played it to death during the war. My favorite 78 and one of my favorite records of all I have is Benny Goodman Sextet with Charley Christianson - Rose Room Also have an old Moran & Mack comedy record.

Thank you for not low-pass filtering the life out of these discs.

You do seem to be an expert on this. For someone like me with around 20 shellac discs, would you suggest the Ortofon 2M 78 cartridge? I am planning to get my hands on one of those.

Hi Jeff, try next time WD-40 to remove stickers. Greetings from Netherlands.

Simple Green works great on the record album as well! diluted with Distilled water 30:1 2 cups water 2 tablespoons simple green.

It is so great to see that your gear doesn't belong to the super expensive high-end category. I like that, it reminds me of my own system...

I’ve never heard the expression “wheelhouse” before. I had to google it. 😊

I started collecting about 35 years ago. I had a portable Victrola and would bring it to art deco society picnics, etc. I’ve collected on and off over the years. I see you forget to mention the OKEH label where you’d find a lot of black artists. I primarily collected novelty records, and also old 20s jazz when I could find it. I play ukulele and guitar so these old records were a source of ideas for cover tunes. I also have a full size Victrola in my house and enjoy it.

I shopped at an antique store, where the records were stacked out of their sleeves. I found the cardboard sleeve to a 1953 extended-play 45rpm record without the disc. I rummaged through the stacks and found the record that went with the sleeve. The sleeve was intact but a little faded from age. The record however was very grimy. For just a buck, I bought it and cleaned it up using your method. There were no bad scratches, just filthy. Now it plays like it's in near mint condition.

What kind of brush ? Hard or soft brissels?

On a gramophone duh. But if you insist on playing this with a new phonograph then get one just to play 78s and nothing else. Just my 2 cents 💁🤷

I wish you were still doing these Jeff. I really enjoyed the sessions. I hope all is well. If you ever start up again I'd be grateful!!

That not how you store 🏬🏪 records 😠😠😤😤🤬🤬😡😡

I love 78s but o would never buy em online. 🙅🙅🙅

This is a very unwise method of cleaning 78's. Shellac and filler, of which 78's are made, are extremely porous and hygroscopic material and water immediately penetrates the record deep under the surface. Trying to dry the record with a cloth or leaving it in a dry warm place is not going to do it. But the fatal effect of water on a 78 is not immediately visible; you'll think the record is dry but the destruction will only show over time. Water, trapped inside the record, will eventually cause the shellac/filler to expand; that is the reason why so few records from the 1920's are still really shiny; because they have not been kept in a dry environment. When new, all records, even the worst pressings, were perfetctly smooth and shiny and without surface noise. It's getting wet and/or being kept in a damp environment that has deteriorated the surface over time, ranging from slight dulling to heavy gritting. Cleaning a record with water and not vacuum drying it will severely add to that deterioration. The only safe way to clean a 78 is to use special 78 cleaning fluid and a vacuum record cleaner/dryer like this one which I highly recommend; expensive, yes, but it is the very best way to clean, dry and preserve a 78, many of which (at least in my collection) are worth more than what I had to pay for this machine! www.nittygrittyinc.com/product/record-master-2

Important is how NOT to play them; - on an antique Victrola it is the same as to "demolish" them. If you do that, you show not to be interested in the music itself and not to have respect for historic recordings.

I always enjoy listening/watching your vlogs sir!

This was a fun thirty minutes! Thanks 😎

I always use wax - Lemon Pledge 🎉

Hi, I’ve watched this vid a few times and it’s really great! However I have a question; if alcohol dissolves shellac, do you need to make sure your detergent is non alcohol based?

Im looking for a 78 version of Heil Dir Im Siegerkranz anyoneone know where i can get it?

Can you clean your vinyl records with this cleaner? Or just the jackets?

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Great episode! I really appreciate the info! I'm using a Stanton T.92 USB turntable with a Stanton or Shure cartridge. I'm happy with them.

I just purchased an antique Ernst Grossman crank “Talking Machine” with records. I so appreciate this video and feel confident cleaning them now. Can’t wait to use it.

Great show! Thanks

Get to the point!

excellent way to clean 78's. I do this also since ages. To play them NEVER forget to use OR a "mono-cartridge" OR to use the "mono-switch" on your (vintage) amp. And of course, you need a diamond-stylus suited for the job, otherwise your "point" will drop too low into the groove.

How about cleaning old Berliner or Victor Monarch 1 sided records from 1899 to 1900 lampblack records 10inch. Heres the link for an example of an example of these records www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-5458/ 3:13

Thank you for reading the liner notes from the Chaino album. That biography was hilarious.

Thanks for sharing Jeff. Wow, that place looks amazing. I love those type of places. Hope all is well my friend. God bless

@vinyleyezz i dont think Jarrett New will like this...

I am soooooo interested to find the Harmony Records releases from the second half of the 1920s that were recorded acoustically on Columbia’s upgraded equipment. It’s gonna take me some time to find some though since I’m too poor and afraid to buy them online

My dad was a lyricist who worked in the Brill Building in the 1950s and 60s. I inherited all of his one-sided 78 RPM demos, which were covered in dirt and mold. I had no idea how to clean them, so I will definitely give your method a try. It will be very nice to hear his old songs that I loved so much as a child (you do the math).

You cannot destroy shellac by playing it lol. Only time can, cuz all of other materials used to make records weren`t perfect. Since the cracks.

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Very interesting i enjoyed watching the film my dad had many 78 records in the 50s when we lived in London but they are all gone now'