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Re: Audiodisc Name Change (Apollo Dubplates, Reference Lites

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Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:17 pm

Do any trolls know of a effective way of stripping old dubs down to the aluminium substrate so that they can then be sent for scrap? recyclers appear reluctant to take them with coating.
I have tried boiling water on them but this does not work well.

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Re: Audiodisc Name Change (Apollo Dubplates, Reference Lites

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Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:43 pm

I am not an expert but try acetone (nail varnish remover) but not whilst smoking or in an unventilated room.

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Re: Audiodisc Name Change (Apollo Dubplates, Reference Lites

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Mon Dec 23, 2013 2:58 pm

emidisc wrote:Do any trolls know of a effective way of stripping old dubs down to the aluminium substrate so that they can then be sent for scrap? recyclers appear reluctant to take them with coating.
I have tried boiling water on them but this does not work well.

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I'd use paint remover. The coating is, after all, paint.
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Re: Audiodisc Name Change (Apollo Dubplates, Reference Lites

Post: # 28204Unread post Maistrow
Mon Dec 23, 2013 9:36 pm

Soak them in a metal tub of MEK, Methyl Ethyl Ketone. The coating will come off real fast.
Watch out though, Use in a well ventilated area and keep away from heat and flame.
A pretty nasty solvent. MEk will go a long way and will clean a lot of disks.

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