Record cleaning fluid controversies

[struth]

Never warmed it up Ive tried carbon but didn't like it with fluid. Personally I use a tonar wet goat

[walpurgis]

Personally I use a tonar wet goat

That sounds like an obscure pipe tobacco.

[Cas]

That sounds like an obscure pipe tobacco.

Or a drink, flagon of Ye Olde Toner Wet Goat please lanlord. hic!

[struth]

http://www.analogueseduction.net/bru...ing-brush.html

yea olde goat

[magiccarpetride]

http://www.analogueseduction.net/bru...ing-brush.html

yea olde goat

That's the weirdest sex toy I've ever seen, but hey, whatever gets you through the night.

[struth]

dont ask if your not intereted

[magiccarpetride]

You seem to have allowed yourself to become confused. there is a thread by marco on this forum which will tell you all you need to know. Ive been using a vaccuum cleaning machine for years and using alchol and med grade water etc. i have a large collection of valuable records and they are clean, sound great and are in as good condition as they were when bought... better actually. many are over 50 years old.

Here is one of the best, if not most unorthodox advices on record cleaning I bumped into while doing my research:

"Here's what I do to clean my vinyl. One only has to do it once in their entire lifetime to protect the vinyl from a multitude of plays thereafter...... 1. Go outside on a full moon (must be raining and windy)... 2. Suspend vinyl from a silver stick at a 45° angle (silver stick must be blessed by either the god Apollo or myself. I charge the low fee of $19.99... try getting Apollo to show up after he dings your credit card! But hey, it's your choice.) .... 3. Walk male Siberian Husky exactly 16" from said vinyl. ...4. place Canine‘s LEFT hind quarter parallel to the vinyl... 5. Induce urination in said canine by dipping paw in bowl of warm water.... 6. Let rain & wind provide the final vinyl rinse. ... 7. Magic moonshine rays will then enter the pristine grooves and protect vinyl for an eternity thereafter."

[walpurgis]

Weird shit!

[cre009]

I have always been a fan of these types of cleaner ever since I used a product from Lasky's called disc skin in the 70's.

http://www.nagaoka.eu/index.php?item...aid=67&lang=en

This version actually came with instructions recommending its use as an archival tool to protect records until you get round to using them.

I actually have one of these I purchased about 15 years ago but don't need to use it much because there is the cheap skate alternative of "PVA glue" that is now very popular.

[alphaGT]

I buy the MoFi stuff off the shelf, $30 bottle, (I've seen it on sale for $25 lately), and after cleaning a hundred records I've still got more than half left. I use the brush that came with my RCM, I don't scrub hard unless it's real dirty, using one of those overpriced MoFi brushes. I don't bother with clean water rinse, the stuff doesn't call for it. And hey, it works! I try not to stress about it. Whether to use alcohol, or not, or clean water rinse, well there is always more than one way to skin a cat. I'm sure there are many ways to clean a record that actually work. Just get in there and do it, see what works!

But the best by far stylus cleaner is the Zerodust. What I like to call the, "Booger in a box", just a sticky gob in a small plastic box, and you dip the needle into it. And the dust sticks in the goo, and leaves your tip clean. No chemicals, no liquids that may get sucked up the cantilever, if you've got an aluminum tube. And no having to stroke it with a tiny brush! Which accounts for crooked cantilevers half the time. Shop around and you can find them reasonable, even comes with a good magnifier in the lid to inspect your work. And it lasts forever, rinse and it's good as new.


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