Record Cleaning Machine

@terry9 

How long does the entire process take for 2 LPs?

Hello 2channel.

I like to run the US machine for 15-20 minutes, then about 5 minutes to rinse the records, stack them, dry the label protectors, and set up the next pair. So 20-25 minutes, of which 5 is occupied by work. That's 5 or 6 records per hour.

@terry9 
You are a true devotee and I applaud you and bow before you. I am pretty happy with my humble hand-vac process with a homemade super solvent and 2 DH2O rinses. I could do about the same volume as you in an hour...if my back could take hunching over the unit that long. 

This formula, that I found below has done a surprisingly good job on some 1950's LPs I found in my parents moldy basement. It was developed for US machines.

http://audiokarma.org/forums/index.php?threads/record-cleaning-youre-doing-it-wrong.689430/

By the way, do you use any preservative after cleaning?

@2channel8  (looks like the link didn't take)

I feel your pain. My first record cleaning experience was similar.

I agree completely with your link. Co-incidentally, my solution also comes from a friend who is a retired biochemist and record collector. What gives me great confidence in VersaClean is that Fisher Scientific sells to professional labs, and that is a very unforgiving environment. Lab stuff HAS to work as advertised, HAS to meet spec year in and year out.

I use no post-cleaning treatment. The last rinses flow off the record like water from a freshly waxed fender.

And to think, when LPs were all I had; I just took them out and played them. It seems like the stone age; but it was just as much fun as now. Maybe more when I played my air guitar.