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New Hobby Ultrasonic Record Cleaning

Purchased a cheap $199.00 stainless steel digital ultrasonic cleaner with a very nice record cleaning attachment off Amazon and I am having a blast.

This thing is heated, has a timer and an electric motor to rotate the records in the US tank. It is a 6L unit and it is made in China. Seems well built and it cleans records like a much more expensive machine.

I have cleaned a half dozen albums that are 40 plus years old and have only been cleaned with vacuuming machines and this thing is great. The albums I have cleaned sound darn near new and my wife thought I bought another new cartridge or phono pre-amp.

Can not recommend this type of cleaning system enough.

Rediscover those old albums.. if this thing lasts a couple of years I will be a happy dude. 
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iopscrl
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I am using the same tank, but with a Vinyl Spinner attachment for rotation.  I use "Ruston's" formula, which is a combo of tergiclean hepastat IS alchohol and distilled water.

I use a spin clean as a pre cleaning step to remove loose surface debris, then into the US tank for 15min at .33 rpm...or 5 revolutions.  Then rinse in distilled water, and nitty gritty vac dry.

My results are OUTSTANDING.  I now have numerous 55-65yr old LPs that have a noise floor lower than that of my system.  I hear better transient response, and staggeringly improved resolution of small scale details- air space around musicians etc.

I highly recommend US cleaning to any serious record collector.
drbond
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I just used my ultrasonic record cleaner today for the first time, and I will have to agree that the results are amazing: extreme clarity, transparency, lack of pops and crackles.

I just used distilled water at room temperature, and didn’t even try to turn on the warmer.

One thing that I did notice is that when I turned the LP over, after one side sat on the felt, that there was an occasional pop, which makes me think that I need to upgrade to a nice turntable mat. Any recommendations on purchasing a high-grade turntable mat that won’t get lint/felt on the LP (for a Rega P8 with a glass platter)?

Thanks.

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jerryg123
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@drbond ditch the mat completely 
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wouterk
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Bought a no name Chinese unit without usable documentation. After watching some YouTube video it seems to do a great job!

I spent in the U.K. £140 - just Google Vevor. 

eryoung2k
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Just found this Forum and signed up.

I know this topic is old, but after using the Vinyl Vac for 4 years thought I wanted to "upgrade" my record cleaning. The vinyl vac did work good for what it is. But wanted better.  Ordered a Vevor 6L digital, a Wewu spinner and a Voltage regulator to slow the spinning down. Should be here in a few days. Distilled water, Ilford Ilfotol, 99.99% Iso will be my solution then a Distilled rinse and vac dry with the vinyl vac.

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