Re: History lost in shipping.... repairable?
Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2017 2:10 pm
Kirk,
If you want to try repairing them, use WeldBond glue to piece them back together, it works great on shellac records and Donnie on the forum used it to repair a black wax cylinder with great success. It's water soluble glue, so be sure to clean any excess from the grooves with a damp paper towel, before it sets up. After gluing them, you can cut small lengths of paper clips, heat them and press them into the wax bridging any major cracks. You can also use a soldering iron on the inside of the cylinders to "weld" the cracks by melting the wax and re-connecting each side of the crack back together. Since you have a lot of cylinders to work with, a little experimentation won't hurt anything... I used this method on an expensive black wax cylinder with great results, until I dropped it and destroyed it...
Good luck.
If you want to try repairing them, use WeldBond glue to piece them back together, it works great on shellac records and Donnie on the forum used it to repair a black wax cylinder with great success. It's water soluble glue, so be sure to clean any excess from the grooves with a damp paper towel, before it sets up. After gluing them, you can cut small lengths of paper clips, heat them and press them into the wax bridging any major cracks. You can also use a soldering iron on the inside of the cylinders to "weld" the cracks by melting the wax and re-connecting each side of the crack back together. Since you have a lot of cylinders to work with, a little experimentation won't hurt anything... I used this method on an expensive black wax cylinder with great results, until I dropped it and destroyed it...
Good luck.