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Cleaning smaller records

You can't really clean 10" and 7" records very well on a VPI without getting the right sized tubes. They're rather overpriced IMO, and I think it'd be a pain to keep swapping them in and out.

Here is a video (rather amusing) where at 2:48 in a guy appears to be doing it just by putting a 12" record under the 7" record he wants to clean. Is this the answer?
zowie
kurt_tank
1,189 posts
 
Interesting, I had not thought about the VPI having a problem with that, but now that you mention it, I can see it being problematic.

This is not a problem with the Nitty Gritty type of cleaners, as one can just put a finger over the slot that sticks out beyond the record in order to acheive a (decent) seal.

(I always knew there was a reason I "cheaped out" and got the NG rather than the VPI. Well, that and the fact that I only spent $100 on the used NG that is still going strong 6 years later.)
zowie OP
68 posts
 
I forgot to put in the link. Or Agon pulled it out. If it's the former, here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fW9NWHvv8fc&feature=related
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
I knew there was a reason I bought a Loricraft!
pryso
1,936 posts
 
Before buying my VPI, I cleaned my 70 or so 45s from junior/senior HS days on my manual Nitty Gritty. I simply covered the unneeded portion of the suction slot with a small sheet of plastic. It worked just fine. But if I ever want to clean them again, I'm SOL just like Zowie (but I like the idea of trying a trashed LP under the 45).
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