A Worthwhile Untrasonic Cleaner


I just purchased these two items from Amazon (PRIME)...

An Album Rotation device - holds 5 albums...
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07PNCVMZ3/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_1

An Utransonic Cleaning Tub
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07HNQ26WT/ref=pe_3034960_236394800_TE_dp_f1

The rotation device is extremely well built and fits the tub perfectly. The tub also looks well made, but is a bit noisy, but that is normal from what I have read..

I have just finished cleaning some 30+ albums and found the complete unit is extremely good at getting rid of those crackles and pops - even finger prints and other grunge - with minimal effort

The tub defaults to a wash time of 5 minute (I used 10 minutes) and I reduced default temperature to 20 Celsius, but the ultrasonic process warms the water up, so by the time I had finished some 35+ albums it was 30 Celsius.

Even had a friend come over with 3 of his dirtiest albums - grunge + finger prints - just plain grubby. Ten minutes of cleaning and voila - shiney like new (apart from the scratches) playing the album was almost noise free - probably needed a second wash.

So the total cost for both units was around $450 from Amazon.ca ($370 from Amazon.com)) for the two pieces - which from what I have been seeing is perhaps the lowest price for an Ultrasonic cleaner out there.

Eager to try the unit that arrived yesterday, I only used distilled water - without any additive

What additive does the absolute best job ?
What difference does it make?
Or should I just stick with distilled water?

Thanks for any feedback.

One of the best analogue related value for money products I have ever purchased

At this rate I’ll clean my entire vinyl library pretty quickly AND do some of the wife’s jewellery :-)

If you are looking for something that actually cleans you vinyl well - consider these products.

Regards - Steve



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williewonka
...talk about synchronicity, I was just looking into ultrasonic cleaners for LP’s....*G*

Record handling was the issue; I was thinking a DIY approach, so thanks for the ’off the shelf’ item...pricey, but so is my time... ;) *L*

As for the ultrasonic unit itself, what caught my attention was this:
DK-600S
This has all the same basic features and size, but has a ’half power’ and a ’wave’ function that may prove useful for LP and CD that may not be ’disgustingly filthy’....just a ’touch up’ will do. ;)

DK seems to have more of a ’presence’, if you head off to their corp website....if you wanted one the size of a bathtub, they’d do that. *L*
They make a point of ’vibration stresses’...anything that ’does’ 40khz normally is trying to self-destruct...*L*

Thanks for posting at the right time @ the right place. *G* ;)
Mine should be here tomorrow, just in time for my return from vacation.
Plan on giving it a try with just distilled water first before trying additives.

Not too many of my records are in the truly terrible state, I would never buy any that were.

More old dust and years of accumulated debris in the grooves.

Review and opinions forthcoming....
Just an update.
My wife decided to hold onto these and make me wait till Christmas!
So have run about 30 albums through today using just distilled water and couple drops of isopropyl.
Ran it at 35 c for 7 minutes a go.

Just tried the first album out.
Holy cow!
It was a filthy album with a lot of fingerprints and now it is virtually silent apart from the existing scratches.
I'm a believer!
Spirit.
There are many threads about US cleaning and Slaw is a huge believer with a great diy set up.
I have been trying to get a set up going for a while.
First tank I bought was defective and I sort of let it slide for a while.
But reading this thread I decided to follow exactly what the OP had done and very glad I have.

Just need experiment with temperature and time a bit.
Probably less temperature and more time.