Cleaning records. How often really?

gpgr4blu

Ct0517:
I'd be very interested to hear if All-Spec will confirm that the former Premier record cleaner contains the exact same ingredients as the Electrical Contact Cleaner.

Hi Gpgr4blu

Jordan of Micro Care told me (by phone/email) that they are the same product except the new one includes Acetone as well.

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Me - Hi Jordan. per our call is this the same product.

 http://www.soundstagedirect.com/accessories-mico-care-premier-cleaner.shtml

 

Jordan - That is an older product of ours. The CCC replaced it a few years back. I believe chemically, the main difference is the inclusion of the acetone

Me  - So the older product that says premier is the same as the Micro Care just without the Acetone ?

Jordan - Here is the SDS for the older product. As you can see the main difference is the inclusion of acetone.

 

Jordan Bartucca

 

MicroCare Corporation

595 John Downey Drive

New Britain, CT USA

Main: (860) 827-0626

Direct: (860) 515-3010

Fax: (866) 953-0307

E-mail:  JordanB@MicroCare.com

 

He sent me the SDS sheets. If anyone wants them send me an email listed on my virtual system link and I will forward them to you. 

Cheers 

Well ,maybe not 'couple of minutes' but not too long. Depends on how you clean them. In my case, I would skip enzyme solution and just use Archivist solution followed by pure water once or twice. So..I'd say two minutes each side. And I do believe that there is debris. This is needle 'scratching' vinyl not laser moving along.

^^  I'm not sure about the compatibility of acetone with record vinyl.  I'll pass although I used to use the Premier stuff on new records and just prior to placing new or used records in the Vinyl Flat for a good long soak.  Oh well!

ct0517---Being aware of the problem of dust covers resonating, I modified the base/dust cover of my Townshend Rock Elite table. The Rock's solid/non-suspended plinth (a folded sheet of steel, filled with plaster-of-paris) has three squishy (Sorbothane?) half-spheres on it's underside to isolate it from ground-borne vibration, and when used with the optional base and dustcover, sits on a thin sheet of wood that is the bottom of the base. To minimize the amount of vibration the base and dust cover may transmit into the Rock's plinth, I cut out the bottom of the base, leaving just a frame that surrounds the plinth, the two now connected only through the shelf they sit on. The base (with dust cover) sits on little rubber feet, and the Rock's plinth on roller bearings, both situated on a Townshend Seismic Sink. I may try a set of the new Townshend Seismic Pods under the plinth in the near future.  

Yes dust is the common enemy and vinyl that is playing is exposed to it.

Dust is made up of yucky things that are floating in the air around us such as dead skin, house-dust-mites, the droppings from house-dust-mites,pollen from flowers and trees,dirt from the roads,fluff from our clothes sheets bedding etc, ash, exhausts of motor vehicles,and small bits of debris which is carried in on the soles of our shoes.

The Op Inna further discusses cooking and smoking in his posts . The contaminants from those activities end up on the vinyl, carried there by dust.

Another threat to the vinyl - pets.
You know Koaltar and I are buds; and as much as I really want to allow him beside me when listening; (he is good at not talking); he is not permitted downstairs where the gear is for two reasons. His shedding. I do find hairs on the stairs leading down. He is also a chewer.

Dust in the Wind

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH2w6Oxx0kQ