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Post by Porscheguy on Apr 28, 2017 15:39:51 GMT -5
Lather, rinse & repeat.
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Post by novisnick on Apr 28, 2017 16:04:10 GMT -5
How do I go about cleaning FLAC? asking for a friend. Gargle and spit it out your,,,,,OH! Wait!,,,,,wrong forum!,,,,,,LOL    Really, just joking!  |
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Post by novisnick on Apr 28, 2017 16:39:48 GMT -5
On a serious note, yes! The cutting room for the LP's is NOT a surgery center. Its a very dirty place. After opening the packaging of the LP you should always give it/them a proper cleaning. This helps to make the LP and cartridge cleaner and last longer and sound better.
Always carbon brush the surface before and after a spin, it takes seconds and the reward is "Huge" .
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Post by jmilton on Apr 28, 2017 18:13:30 GMT -5
Distilled water. Don't use tap water unless your record s have cavities. (Seriously, tap water is not good for record cleaning)
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Post by sahmen on Apr 28, 2017 20:50:12 GMT -5
If tap water is an absolute no-no, then this dude must be nuts, although he recommends only distilled or reverse-osmosis water for the rinsing part, after one has given the vinyl a good tap-water bath  ... Now wait a minute... Is the idea of dabbing off and wiping the vinyl with an ordinary old towel, after the "bath," not a little counterintuitive? .I readily confess to being little a confused here  |
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Post by Priapulus on Apr 29, 2017 7:58:10 GMT -5
Distilled water. Don't use tap water unless your record s have cavities. (Seriously, tap water is not good for record cleaning) I rinse the soap off with tap water. Then a final rinse with a squirt bottle of distilled water, with a drop of Kodak Photo-Flo (yes, you can still get it on Amazon). I'm considering adding Alcohol to the final rinse to speed drying. Sincerely /b p.s. Geeze, big brother knows all. Yesterday I left a post here about Spin-Clean. Today I checked Amazon for the availability of Photo-flo and I'm bombarded with ads for Spin-Clean! |
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Post by bluemeanies on Apr 29, 2017 8:31:09 GMT -5
If tap water is an absolute no-no, then this dude must be nuts, although he recommends only distilled or reverse-osmosis water for the rinsing part, after one has given the vinyl a good tap-water bath ... Now wait a minute... Is the idea of dabbing off and wiping the vinyl with an ordinary old towel, after the "bath," not a little counterintuitive? .I readily confess to being little confused here Did this BACK IN THE DAY! Read about this product Try G2 Fluid for Better Record Sound and Longer Life. |
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Post by novisnick on Apr 29, 2017 8:49:36 GMT -5
That guy is kidding! Right? OMG ðŸ˜
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Post by DYohn on Apr 29, 2017 8:54:30 GMT -5
I had a friend back in the day who put a batch of his LPs in his dishwasher. He knew enough to turn off the heat dryer to avoid warping them, but he was pissed that all the labels came off. It was quite amusing that he had to listen to them and put stickers on them so he could tell what they were. But they were nice and clean. |
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Post by bluemeanies on Apr 29, 2017 10:31:01 GMT -5
No such thing as 600 albums in pristine condition 👀! BS I have about 3000 LPs PRISTINE I understand that 98% of the people would not have a pristine LP 5 years later. I am that 2%. My vehicles, audio eqipment, motorcycles usually are better than when they came off the show room. I know people who took very good care of their LP's from the sixties...I was not one of them. So it does not surprise me to hear that V has kept his legacy of vinyl music in pristine condition. Why lie about something so trivial. Now I don't even own a TT. Times have changed |
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Post by klinemj on Apr 29, 2017 10:40:23 GMT -5
I have a friend who buys a lot of vinyl used, and I was amazed most of his stuff sounds amazing. I asked him how he gets so lucky, and he said he cleans them all by spraying them with distilled water and wiping them with a Mr. Cleaner Magic Eraser. I have never seen him do it, but he is not one to joke. Whatever he does, it works great.
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Post by jmilton on Apr 29, 2017 10:45:54 GMT -5
I grew up in the mid-West. We had lots of dissolved limestone in our well water. It would leave a powdery residue afterwards.
I had friend that put warped records on a cookie sheet and placed a Pyrex casserole dish on it... placed them in a hot oven for a few minutes to press them flat. Often it worked... but not always. 😱
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Post by jmilton on Apr 29, 2017 10:50:07 GMT -5
Distilled water. Don't use tap water unless your record s have cavities. (Seriously, tap water is not good for record cleaning) I rinse the soap off with tap water. Then a final rinse with a squirt bottle of distilled water, with a drop of Kodak Photo-Flo (yes, you can still get it on Amazon). I'm considering adding Alcohol to the final rinse to speed drying. Sincerely /b p.s. Geeze, big brother knows all. Yesterday I left a post here about Spin-Clean. Today I checked Amazon for the availability of Photo-flo and I'm bombarded with ads for Spin-Clean! I don't see how consuming alcohol makes your records dry faster!?! |
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Post by sahmen on Apr 29, 2017 11:08:35 GMT -5
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Post by novisnick on Apr 29, 2017 11:35:05 GMT -5
I rinse the soap off with tap water. Then a final rinse with a squirt bottle of distilled water, with a drop of Kodak Photo-Flo (yes, you can still get it on Amazon). I'm considering adding Alcohol to the final rinse to speed drying. Sincerely /b p.s. Geeze, big brother knows all. Yesterday I left a post here about Spin-Clean. Today I checked Amazon for the availability of Photo-flo and I'm bombarded with ads for Spin-Clean! I don't see how consuming alcohol makes your records dry faster!?! After a few, the time warp continuum shifts!  |
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Post by madrac on May 2, 2017 14:37:47 GMT -5
I use a VPI 16.5 to wash my records - old and new. Wash/vacuum, rinse/vacuum, 2nd rinse/vacuum. Rinse with distilled water. Used or old records I may also add an enzyme wash first.
Carbon fiber brush before play.
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Post by novisnick on May 3, 2017 16:01:45 GMT -5
If tap water is an absolute no-no, then this dude must be nuts, although he recommends only distilled or reverse-osmosis water for the rinsing part, after one has given the vinyl a good tap-water bath ... Now wait a minute... Is the idea of dabbing off and wiping the vinyl with an ordinary old towel, after the "bath," not a little counterintuitive? .I readily confess to being little a confused here  |
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Post by Loop 7 on May 3, 2017 16:12:47 GMT -5
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Post by pedrocols on May 3, 2017 16:30:31 GMT -5
Even him had issues spitting out tue $4200 cost of the machine. It would make sense to get one if you run a used recors store. |
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Post by a2channelman on Jul 20, 2018 19:24:58 GMT -5
In about 1986 I bought my record cleaner, a Nitty Gritty 3.0 It was awesome looking made from solid Oak/Walnut/Oak , it was purely manual in operation I used it for several years and cleaned hundreds of LP's with it Let a friend borrow it who just happened to own 8000 LPs (Note to self Do Not let a peep with 8000 LPs borrow) Kaboom it blew up !  I took it apart to see if it could be fixed .......this was Good News/Bad News Bad News was it seriously looked as if a 7 year old had assembled it, a Vacuum motor sloppily glued to a piece of foam , everything marrette connected , bit of a joke by today's standards but I did get it apart Good News was I took it to a vacuum repair shop and boom it was fixed for a fair price I glued it back together and it worked for several more years but did blow up again eventually Right this moment I don't own a record cleaner because my room mate does and it is basically my old machine made more refined, improved construction, in a simpler black vinyl and not from real wood case The Record Dr is a really great but not crazy expensive must have for anyone serious about vinyl If I were to move out it would be one of the first things I would buy but at this point we don't need two of them, we both are grumpy old bachelors both with too much electronics LMAO. |
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... Now wait a minute... Is the idea of dabbing off and wiping the vinyl with an ordinary old towel, after the "bath," not a little counterintuitive? .I readily confess to being little a confused here 
I took it apart to see if it could be fixed .......this was Good News/Bad News