Record cleaning brushes ?

[Audio Al]

Any recomendations ?

I have 3 types and not totally happy with any of them :scratch:

I own a Moth RCM :)

[diviy]

Boots facial exfoliating brush about £6.00 natural hair use one wet and one dry

[Mike g]

Which ones have you tried?

[Ali Tait]

Second the make up brushes, look for goat's hair.

[petrat]

Not sure whether you mean new brushes for your RCM or the regular dry-wipe type, but if the latter, the only one I've ever been wholly satisfied with is ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00GRUTB4S?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00
Probably can be found cheaper elsewhere.

[karma67]

i use a deram carbon fibre brush for a quick swipe before playing.

[Marco]

If it’s a record cleaning brush for an RCM, you need one with stiff bristles, in order for them to penetrate deeply into the record grooves and loosen/remove ingrained crud. Anything soft will be absolutely useless.

This is what I use: http://www.lpgear.com/product/VPIE3010.html

If it’s simply for swishing off some surface dust, follow Ali’s advice. However, if a record has been thoroughly cleaned through an RCM (i.e. the grooves are clean), a little bit of surface dust matters not a jot, as the stylus will simply brush that aside, as the record is being played, and it will not cause any sound degradation whatsoever.

Applying the use of soft brush just to remove some surface dust will only result in charging the record surface with static, which will degrade SQ and only attract MORE dust…. Therefore, if a record has been thoroughly cleaned on an RCM, and popped inside an antistatic bag, my advice would be to leave it alone and just play it! :)

Marco.

[diviy]

The boots rush is goats hair pm pm if you want one daughter works in boots so she get them wnen they are on offer got one spare at the moment

[PaulStewart]

If it’s a record cleaning brush for an RCM, you need one with stiff bristles, in order for them to penetrate deeply into the record grooves and loosen/remove ingrained crud. Anything soft will be absolutely useless.

This is what I use: http://www.lpgear.com/product/VPIE3010.html

If it’s simply for swishing off some surface dust, follow Ali’s advice. However, if a record has been thoroughly cleaned through an RCM (i.e. the grooves are clean), a little bit of surface dust matters not a jot, as the stylus will simply brush that aside, as the record is being played, and it will not cause any sound degradation whatsoever.

Applying the use of soft brush just to remove some surface dust will only result in charging the record surface with static, which will degrade SQ and only attract MORE dust…. Therefore, if a record has been thoroughly cleaned on an RCM, and popped inside an antistatic bag, my advice would be to leave it alone and just play it! :)

Marco.

Just to point out that I stock the Loricraft type brushes both wet and dry types and offer an AoS discount. As far as a quick whisk of surface fluff and dust off a record that has been wet cleaned. I find the goats hair and our own "The Right One" pony hair natural fibre ones, won't build significant static if used for the quick flick they are intended for, especially if the disc is stored in an anti static inner bag.

[Marco]

Noted, Paul. Well in that case, folks know where to get their brushes from now on! :)

Marco.

[drrdf]

I have an original "Dust Bug" as well as some other similar devices; but I still use them with antistatic fluid, which is extremely successful in removing dust, and reducing surface noise. (I don't think you can get the original Dust Bug any longer?)

Ronald

[Marco]

Hi Ronald,

Do you use an RCM?

If not, all you’re doing with one of those Dust Bugs is slowly grinding all the dirt and dust further and further into the grooves, as records are played. If you start with a pristine clean record (washed through an RCM), then all the DB will be removing is light surface dust, so no problem, but otherwise I'd avoid using it :)

Marco.

[walpurgis]

Tracking record dusters are nasty.