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stereo for the joy of it - can records be cleaned?

I came across a living stereo set of classical records called "Stereo for the joy of it".  It includes some very well known living stereo recordings.  The records are very dirty and it appearss as though the cellophane sleeves may have permanently damages the records.  Is their any way of cleaning these records and getting good results.  They look almost unplayed except for the dust and the cellophane damage.
tzh21y
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slaw
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sumaato:

I'm sorry, I'll never spread Elmer's glue onto my lps!!

Stringreen, Thanks for your reply. I thought I remembered you posting a while back...the need for cleaning records at all??? I think Whart posted visual results from a Doobie Brothers lp that had been cleaned, in response to your initial question?  I think I have the gist of that right? Please advise us of your transformation? If that is the right term here....
wolf_garcia
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I use a Spin Clean and Mofi Master sleeves in all my cleaned vinyl. This system might not work as well as a vacuum rig, but it does work and man…some of my vinyl goes back to the 60s and seems pretty ragged, but cleaned up they can sound great.
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I occasionally run across LPs with a streak of mold across a section of the record. I apply lavishly AI #16 on each side, let it soak for 5-10 minutes, rinse off with pretty warm water, then Down with Dirty from Ai, same process.
Next I place on a dowell and rotate in a distilled water ultrasonic cleaner absconded from my office for 3-4 minutes. Usually clean 4-5 LPs at a time in the ultrasonic. The mold leaves a color in the record, but no noticeable noise.So let me get this straight. I can rotate in my ultrasonic bath at 500 rpms to good effect?
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