Needles & Grooves

From my experience, you should give it more spin reps, make sure you wipe it down really well with the cloth, and let dry.

do y'all use the full amt recommended cleaning fluid or naw?

Don’t let them air dry as a sole drying method. Air drying should be no more than a 10/15 minute thing after drying with the cloths. You really need to be drying them as thoroughly as possible with the cloths as otherwise the cleaning solution will dry in the grooves and your records will sound like shit.

@Joe Mac tried drying them more thoroughly and still having the same issue. I have to stop after every song to take excessive white residue off of my stylus cause the sound has degraded to such an extent that it’s unlistenable. Really really frustrating, I’m wondering if it’s actually lint from the cloth I’m using, going to switch that to see if it makes a difference

@Ghost How much fluid are you putting in? And which cloths are you using? If you’re using the cloths provided, how are you washing them?

Also how many rotations are you doing with each record. I’m usually on 5 each way for new and 10 for second hand.

For the drying the way I work is a cloth in each hand. As I’m right handed I pick the record up inside the the cloth in my left hand. I then grip the record really tightly with the cloth in my right and and slowly and firmly rotate the record through it until after it is bone dry to the eye.

Also scott is right, don’t put in more fluid than is recommended, pour it over the brushes and make sure to never use fabric softener or dry in a tumble drier.

This happens even after ultrasonic cleaning, the spin clean isn't going to clean in the grooves just play it until there is no more debris on the stylus and then clean it again.

@Dylanfan253 I’ve NEVER had that happen...

Distilled water? Tap water can have a lot of dissolved salts.

I've heard Michael Fremer comment on this situation in regards to specifically Ultrasonic methods. It was in regards to advocating for the kirmuss audio system and why repeated cleanings are almost always necessary when cleaning.

After hours of iterating on my cleaning methods, I THINK I may have identified the culprit. I dried the last record with a microfiber cloth as opposed to the one that provided and I've been able to make it through an entire side without having to clean the stylus. Hopefully this was the issue, probably just need to give the rag they provided a solid wash/dry before using it

Just make sure you don't put a dryer sheet in with the rags when drying.

Agreed, are you using distilled water?

@Ghost How are you washing your cloths? Drying?

@Mather yes!
@scotthilk havent gotten around to that just yet. Any tips for when I do?

I wash mine together (nothing else in the washer) with water only, on the shortest duration cycle it allows (mine is like 25 mins). No detergent.

I hang dry the cloth. No dryer.

Interested to see how other people answer this, though

I put mine in the dryer by themselves, no dryer sheet. It doesn't take long with just them in there and they end up being much softer/fluffier (if that makes sense) than if I line dry them.