vinyl care VPI felt removal

i think your solution is ill-advised. the vpi tubes, including the velvet strips, are designed for the hp-16's and 17's. the nitty gritty product is not. i keep an extra vpi tube or two on hand as replacements. last time i bought some, they were only $20.00. save your time and energy and buy a vpi replacement tube.

However...I think the Disc Doctor sells replacement strips for the VPI pickup tube. Haven't tried yet, but probably worth a shot....Pretty sure Music Direct carries them...

I think you can only get the strips on the tube. You just chuck the tube when its unusable. Here are two tips. First you can clean them with laudry detergent and a brush. Second you should clean really dirty records in two steps, and you should use a different tube for each stage. Since the tube for really dirty records will leave dirt on the pads, you don't want to pass this dirt on to another record. When I was really fanatical in the 70's, I had a four bath system for cleaning and only the absolute dirtiest records were ever sponged.