jamieanderson1968
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I should probably take out the cocktail umbrella then
Record cleaning - what's your method?
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scotthilk
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Bought the spin clean! Thanks for all the advice and nudges.
Vinyl Wings
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Give us some feedback once you've had a chance to use it! I'd be interested to hear your experience with it
scotthilk
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I used it on an old copy I had of “Paid In Full” by Erik B and Rakim. It changed it from G+ to VG+. A big difference on that one. So far so good!Give us some feedback once you've had a chance to use it! I'd be interested to hear your experience with it
scotthilk
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Any tips or tricks for washing your microfiber cloths? Or business as usual?
apholden
Active Member
Washing machine with no fabric softener. I heard recommendations to wash them by themselves, but I throw them in with whites (at least the stuff that doesn't need softener). Then again, that practice might have contributed to the retirement of my spinclean.
scotthilk
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Spin clean update:
I am EXTREMELY pleased with this. It has made each record better by a half to a full grading. Recommended!
I am EXTREMELY pleased with this. It has made each record better by a half to a full grading. Recommended!
High Rant District
Active Member
No detergent (they're drying clean discs) and let them air dry.
And you can see all the shit that comes out of the grooves from albums you thought were clean.
MaruMaru
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After getting a new or second hand record I'll clean it with a microfiber cloth and a cleaning solution from Tonar. Which is based on the known water, alcohol combination.
For new records one cleaning session is enough, for 2nd hand records I'll clean them two times. Which is mostly more than enough, although a Dire Straits records was crackle and pop free after 4 times cleaning. -_-'
For new records one cleaning session is enough, for 2nd hand records I'll clean them two times. Which is mostly more than enough, although a Dire Straits records was crackle and pop free after 4 times cleaning. -_-'
bdm105
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Is there any maintainace or upkeep I should know about for my VPI 16.5? I know I might need to replace the pads on the vacuum tube but as far as I can tell those are still fine after a year of having it.
Sooner or later the plastic suction tube gets brittle and cracks. Get the Delryn upgrade and it’ll never happen again. I clean the dust off of the pads with strips of invisible tape.
bdm105
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Thanks. When it happens I imagine I'll post in here again because I'm hoping that doesn't happen for a while haha
Crabbers
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Air dry? Whoops ...is that the recommendation?
High Rant District
Active Member
I am not a microfiber towel drying expert, I just play one on the internet.
Yeah it is. Tumble driers create static and loosen fibres. That’s two things you don’t want on something drying records
RowBearToe
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My squeaky clean and final solution ingredients finally showed up today after a couple weeks in transit. Made a lifetime supply of the LJC solution tonight with the girls haha and am excited to try it out whenever I find some time. I have a crazy backlog of things that need to be cleaned because I've been waiting on this guy, so I'll have plenty of records to test it out with.
RowBearToe
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Started to clean records for the first time with the Squeaky Clean last night and I noticed that the pad the record sits on is leaving a residue of some sort on the record and is leaving a polka-dotted pattern on it. Did anyone else have this issue? Is there something I need to do to the pad to stop this from happening? It came off while cleaning the record, but obviously I get caught in a vicious cycle of trying to re-clean haha
dbarila
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I've never seen that before. I'm sure if you email Nick he'd be more than happy to offer suggestions. Off hand you could try just running the vacuum over the pad in case it's dust or some kind of packing debris.
jamieanderson1968
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I did notice that when I first started, but I think it was because I was applying to much pressure rotating the turntable. Once I eased off and let the vacuum do all the work, the turning of record didn't leave any marks or residue.
Just a thought but it might also be from not getting all the cleaning fluid off and then flipping over the record. This might leave a bit of residue on the underlay which gets transfered onto the next record.