Record cleaning - what's your method?

[Jbraswell]

I've been using this EV-1 for about 3 months

KAB Electro Acoustics http://www.kabusa.com

www.kabusa.com

1) AIVS #15 with Mofi brush
2) AVIS super cleaner with KAB brush
3) Good quality distilled H20 from grocery ×2 rinse


Excellent results.

 

[Ghost]

Anyone use Chisto with their spin clean? Should I just make a whole gallon and use that to fill up spin clean when needed?

 

[kvetcha]

Anyone use Chisto with their spin clean? Should I just make a whole gallon and use that to fill up spin clean when needed?

You’ll miss the flocculant, which is pretty necessary in a Spin Clean.

Possible you could add something to it to do the job?

 

[HiFi Guy]

You’ll miss the flocculant, which is pretty necessary in a Spin Clean.

Possible you could add something to it to do the job?

Yeah, I agree with @kvetcha . Use Spin Clean concentrate. Plus Chisto is designed for use with vacuum machines.

I’m glad I bought extra. Chisto may be tough to get for a while unfortunately.

 

[epyon415]

Yeah, I agree with @kvetcha . Use Spin Clean concentrate. Plus Chisto is designed for use with vacuum machines.

I’m glad I bought extra. Chisto may be tough to get for a while unfortunately.

Supply chain or sanctions?

 

[kvetcha]

Yeah, I agree with @kvetcha . Use Spin Clean concentrate. Plus Chisto is designed for use with vacuum machines.

I’m glad I bought extra. Chisto may be tough to get for a while unfortunately.

Honestly, I think @Ghost should just A-B it. It will probably work just fine, even without flocculant.

 

[HiFi Guy]

Supply chain or sanctions?

They have their hands full right now. I’m imagining making record cleaning fluid is low on the priority list, along with shipping issues.

 

[Ghost]

Honestly, I think @Ghost should just A-B it. It will probably work just fine, even without flocculant.

Bout to give it a go, going to make a gallon, take some records I’m not attached to and see what happens. Maybe I’ll discover the best thing since sliced bread

 

[Ghost]

I think it worked? I only cleaned two records, one new one that kinda sounded like shit, it sounded like cleaner shit

Then I cleaned an old beat up pressing of Tim Buckley’s Happy Sad which still had a lot of surface noise but sounded really good other wise. No static on either one which was an issue I’ve encountered with spin clean fluid. My main concern was that the gunk wouldn’t leave the grooves with with Chisto x Spin Clean but the stylus has been spotless after both records.

Going to continue forth using Chisto in the spin clean tomorrow

 

[Angsty]

Supply chain or sanctions?

Chisto is based in Ukraine.

 

[Angsty]

Honestly, I think @Ghost should just A-B it. It will probably work just fine, even without flocculant.

Aquarium flocculant is easy to find, if needed. A couple of drops per gallon would do the job without harming records.

 

[ByersVinyl]

Ive joined Christo gang.
Gonna use it at some point this week.

The rabbit holes we enter - 10 years ago could I imagine having bought a few vinyl - Id have bought a specific vacuum and now £40 cleaning fluid

 

[Angsty]

Ive joined Christo gang.
Gonna use it at some point this week.

The rabbit holes we enter - 10 years ago could I imagine having bought a few vinyl - Id have bought a specific vacuum and now £40 cleaning fluid

Ultrasonics await!

 

[Russ I]

Ultrasonics await!

Haha! Truer words were never spoken.

 

[Jbraswell]

Ultrasonics await!

I think I am heading this direction.
It's like moving from MM to MC cart.

The new frontier!

 

[isslewis]

Looking at the Project Record Cleaner for about $500.00. Has anyone used one?

 

[kvetcha]

Looking at the Project Record Cleaner for about $500.00. Has anyone used one?

In that price bracket I’d strongly consider a Humminguru.

 

[djdavedk]

Or an iSonic

 

[kvetcha]

Or an iSonic

iSonic is more DIY and you have to handle your own drying, but being able to do several LPs at once is very cool.

I do like the fire-and-forget quality of the Humminguru, though.

 

[Slimwhit33]

Just bought my first real record cleaning machine, a VPI 16.5. I've been using a spin clean since I got back into the vinyl hobby a few years ago. Looking forward to giving it a go and seeing if it makes a discernable difference from the spin clean.

Anyone else here have a VPI cleaning machine who's got any tips?