I make my own record clener using thr formula from the December 1996 Stereophile magazine. My lp's are super clean and dead silent. I clean at every play. Email me and I will send you the .pdf file of the formula.
Norman
Norman
Record cleaning
So I finally had the opportunity to fetch my system from my parents garage(1000 miles is a ways to lug a system as big as mine) now, I want to clean the records. From what I've read, isoproponal? Is the alcohol to use for vinyl as it won't attack the plasticizers, by l but I also have a large inherited connection of 78's that won't be played because I don't have a player for them, and I'm assuming they need different care.
Now, I would prefer to use something that I either 1) already have, eg. Simple green, 409, etc, or 2) something that is available locally easily(which is hard, living in a town of 10,000, and 2 hours away from an established city)
My system isn't very high quality, it's a system from Sears from the 80's, but I'm hoping that cleaning the vinyl will help increase the audio quality
Now, I would prefer to use something that I either 1) already have, eg. Simple green, 409, etc, or 2) something that is available locally easily(which is hard, living in a town of 10,000, and 2 hours away from an established city)
My system isn't very high quality, it's a system from Sears from the 80's, but I'm hoping that cleaning the vinyl will help increase the audio quality
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I use a Knosti on all my new acquisitions. I visually inspect each record and sometimes play a few seconds of the record to get a feel of how much cleaning is needed. I use a mix of distilled water, 99% IPA, a few drops of Triton 100 and a couple drops of Photo Flo. I blow off the records after a distilled water rinse with air from my compressor. Some records need a second round in the cleaning, others are dead quiet between tracks. In the spirit of continuous process improvement, I hope to acquire a Project VCS or perhaps an Okki Nokki,,,then later an ultrasonic tank. I want to get a HEPA air filter into the music room at some point as well. |
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Got a spin clean for Christmas and I have cleaned about a 100 records since then and oh man......what a difference. Reduced background noise is the biggest improvement. I knew my discs were dirty but to see the residual water after cleaning was very telling. Spin clean is a great entry level product to get you on the road to better sound. |
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