Twelveb - DIY to the rescue again:)
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Twelveb - DIY to the rescue again:)
http://theartofsound.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2498
While everyone will probably have a "favorite" cleaning solution, one I've had really good luck with on bargain (i.e. dirty) records has been Todd The Vinyl Junkie's Vinyl Zyme cleaner and now after trying Mobile Fidelity's "Plus" enzyme cleaner, I'm getting even better results.
Letting this stuff soak on even the dirtiest record for about three minutes, vacuuming thoroughly and then cleaning again with the purest water you can find, has your LP's sounding like new again! (or at least pretty close)
I've just bought an Okki Nokki from a Wammer & it will be with me by the middle of next week :)
Just looking for recommendations for Cleaning brushes, Cleaning Fluids (i.e. L'art du son? Pre-made types vs Homebrew [recipes pls])
Methods for cleaning? i.e. cleaning fluid wash > Vac dry > Distilled water rinse > Vac dry! One brush or two? What works for you?
Also after cleaning what inner-sleeves are best? nagaoka, paper or polylined? & which outer-sleeves polythene or PVC?
Cheers alfie
I use a Clearaudio cleaning pad ~£10 from their website for washing in the cleaning fluid.
Before that a Carbon fibre soft bristled brush to remove the worst of the dust.
Fluid wise it's DIY. 1/3 isopropyl alcohol, 2/3 distilled / batt water from Halfords and 0.5 of a tea spoon wetting agent (from photographic shop).
Detergent can be used but for the purists it contains salts and other nasties that could leave residue.
The IPA if available over the internet 1lt bottle lasts ages. Ditto the wetting agent. Best to get the wife to go into town and ask for it in several photographic shops like I did:)
Only a proper shop will stock it and she will have fun asking at Jessops and the like:lolsign:
All ready to clean and vac.
Sleeve wise I like the poly lined paper ones - new sleeve for any cleaned record.
They seem most sympathetic / cost effective to use.
I have not got into outer sleeves yet. I've got a couple and the ones that hug the cover are best. Loose poly bags are useless IMO.
The Okki nokki can fool someone into thinking it's a bloody turntable:lol::laugh:
FROM the GRAVE...
How important are squeaky-clean records to your enjoyment of music on vinyl? :)
Or perhaps there are some of you out there who are anti wet-record cleaning, and so wouldn’t touch an RCM with a barge pole? Let’s hear from you, too!
Marco.
Dunno. Haven't got any! :eyebrows:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
For me noisy vinyl is like somebody dragging their fingernails down a blackboard! It sets off my OC behaviour. :(
For anyone with more than 200 records, a record cleaning machine is an essential piece of equipment. A previously unplayable record was restored 'as new' by my RCM. It is not only old, or used, or second-hand records that benefit from wet-vacuum cleaning, new records do as well - an excessive amount of mould releasing agent is used on some modern pressings these days.
For those who cannot afford an RCM (and they are relatively expensive) but who have some rudimentary DIY skills, an effective RCM can be built for very little money: http://theartofsound.net/forum/showt...9230-A-DIY-RCM. So no excuse. :)
I agree with everything you say Barry, except mould release agent. I recall a "conversation" (was a discussion on another forum) with someone who was in the record industry, who said they didn't use any such thing. The "release" was accomplished by the cooling of the record. That said, there are lots of places in the post-stamping handling where a record could get contaminated, so I agree that it's certainly worth washing even new records.