Very easy way to recover the shellac from old broken 78s to make a deep dark finish for wood. Brush on for black, or wipe with cloth for a deep penetrating stain. Can paint metal as well.
It hurt me deeply to watch this.78RPM records are rare and expensive in China while they are worthless in the western country.I’m looking for 78 but it's hard to find them inChina.Watching you destroy these 78 is hard for me...
We are very spoiled in the western world. I can find 78s for like $2.00 USD at a thrift store! If it makes you feel better, these records looked cracked anyway
Hard in the United States too😢 History can never be replaced once destroyed no matter where or how it happens. To do it intentionally to artifacts that are still capable of performing what they eere intended to do is a crime against humanity
It's called ignorance. A lot of the post war children in the western world grew up privileged & as a result take things for granted. Consumerism basically..
And it's things like this that cause us 78 collectors to never be able to sleep at night. The majority of these records are 80-90y/o some older. And between Wars, estates hauled to the landfill,old stores burned, ect..there numbers have depleted by at least 80% so the records that sold a million copies leaves only 200,000 which isn't that much considering this guy isn't the only one doing things like this. If I have a cracked or broke record in my collection I usually put them in a separate place and catalog them. Because who knows with things like this happening you might one day have the last one. This literally turned my stomach.
You are definitely right. I live in Italy, and 78s on average cost € 2 or € 3, but that doesn't justify breaking them.The broken records I have, I also keep them aside and do not throw them, even the unlistenable ones.
And when you can buy new shellac flakes or in a can for next to nothing! Furniture finishers everywhere cringe as well! This is horribly impure shellac.
Truth is, I would still keep even broken 78 rpm records (only if all the peices are there) so I can glue it back together. If you have a 78 rpm thats split in half, try glueing it first before you throw it away. Usually, it works!
that is a good way to re use the bad records but only the bad and cracked and brocken ones . the rest you can listen to . it is a great idea to return the back to what they were before records
Interesting emotional journey through this video, but by the end I was enthusiastically congratulating you! Worth noting though that cracked records can still be played and in some cases repaired either physically with superglue or using software tools to remove the click-click-click
idc if people do this as long as they aren't messing up usable records but if they r broken like mentioned then it's ok cus u can't use them as records if they r broken. I do like how you made a record player with the shellac from the old records as a staining agent. very cool
I cannot condone vandalism - even if it is enacted on a broken record. Vandals do not need any excuse and what they certainly do not need is fresh ideas.
The skilled articifer is able to turn his work back into the raw material! I love this :D Never thought about using the shellac in the 78s as... Y'know, shellac? lol
if you add more solvent the carbon settles out and you can syphon off plain golden brown shellac. if you add less solvent you might end up with a paste that could be used to repair bakelite, though i haven't tried it yet.
this is a really great idea, idk why i didnt think of this already. i'll be sure to recycle my old cracked records this way from now on. thankfully i dont have hardly any new vinyl ones.
Looking at the center piece (label from a 78) made me think you'll know a way (if not more than one) to nicely cut a shellac record into a shape of one's choice? help? really nice work overall!
I’ve done this many times. I have stacks of old shellac and only use broken ones(Bing Crosby, Perry Como). But, you’re best bet is to use denatured alcohol and not rubbing alcohol. Also, I make mine thinner and I strain out most of the black coloring. It takes several coats, but you do get a nice glossy finish.
I have also done this many times and only use broken records. I discovered that lacquer thinner works better than alcohol. I don't use it as a stain but as an opaque finish; Black Lacquer.
There are less and less of these every year, they WILL eventually disappear and not all have been digitized or conserved because it is tedious. Please discontinue doing this idiotic DIY and buy raw shellac.
My god, I had no idea there are as many people emotionally attached to old 78 rpm records as this comment section seems to lead me to believe. If you like the music fine, more power to you. But unless that 78 is of any monetary value, they are worthless to most. I know a guy who owns a vintage store less than a mile from where I live and of all the vinyl he collects and sales, something like these 78's are worthless to him and he just throws them away. Because nobody buys them ... ever. I do find it a shame that he trashcans as much as he does, but I really can't blame him in a way because those records simply do not sell. And if the 78's are cracked or broken, what is being done here looks like a helluva good and green way to put them to use. I know we have some old chip and broken 78's laying around our house and I aim to put them to good use like what is being shown here. I think I will put the stain on a bit thinner than what was shown here, but I was impressed with the instant "old age" look the stain gave the wood he used.
yes i agree ,they have no financial value in Britain unless they have r'n'r or maybe jazz on them because for better or worse people just don't listen to marching bands any more
It’s weird to see records being repurposed for a record player. It’s like making a hat out of hair. But still cool way of repurposing old unplayable records
Shellac is a crappy finish because it's not waterproof like polyurethane, but it's very good at covering pine knots before painting. Give them to a painter and say it's shellac, he's use it as a primer and save money
Victor Ola, you are a Phillistine and should be ashamed of yourself. Please do not encourage these venerable pieces of modern history to be destroyed just to make a wood stain which, when completed, doesn't even look particularly nice. You silly man.
Most 78s can be bought for a few dollars. They were super mass produced because everyone wanted to have their music. It wasn't much of a loss. I'm sure if it's a rare record he would keep it, but 78s aren't rare and valuable in most cases
...or you love youre overplayed shellac plate and BUY some shellac in store ;) ...sad about thay very old records! Never do this if you have other way to mafe tham, ...if every one destroy historical stuff, nobody can turn the time back, it's lost forever... :'(
I would like to try this but exclusively using the red/brownish shellac from labels like vocalion, etc. would look absolutely stunning. Anyway, finally something to do with the mountains of junk 78s!
I would rather make coasters out of old records rather than this goo. As well as lamp black they also used ground slate which helped shape the needle into the groove.
I mean...I guess you could do that...but why? This is a classic Jurassic Park moment. You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should. The end result looks like piece of abandoned junk that needs to be cleaned and restored on another RU-vid video. This is like the ending of Alien Resurrection. You know you can make a very pleasant Marshmallow Roasting Campfire by ripping the wooden studs out of the walls of a house and spending a few hours cleaning them up and pulling the nails out of them.
