LP Cleaning Services


I don’t visit the Analog section section often, so forgive me if this has been covered, but I was unable to pull any thread up that addressed this particular topic.

  I am definitely a Digital Guy, but I did recently purchase a Technics Direct Drive table, which I am using with an Ortofon 2M Blue and a phono preamp from Cambridge Audio.  I am very pleased with the Sonics.  I don’t however intend to buy many lps, if for no other reason than I am in downsizing mode, and am trying to confine it to old favorites (my several hundred lps were destroyed in a flood years ago) that are not currently available digitally.

  I recently bought two, from a well respected lp resale shop, and they are both dirty as all get up.  I am not blaming the store, as far as I am concerned its  caveat emptor.  I don’t really feel like investing in an expensive and space occupying lp cleaning machine for cleaning a small handful of lps.

  My question is: are there businesses that one can pay buy the lp to clean lps?  Preferably with an ultrasonic cleaner?  My local googling reveals home cleaning services and the aforementioned lp cleaning machines, but not per lp services.  I asked at two second hand lp stores and although they had machines for use in the store for their own purposes, they weren’t making it available to customers.  

mahler123

@mahler123 

I don't see how it wouldn't boost their business

if they just offered a $4 cleaning service of what you purchase, I would gladly pay for it. That would mean more profit on the cleaning than on the album.

@sc53

 Shipping records . CD's or books by USPS " Media Mail " is the best deal in shipping ,  I have shipped 15 records across the country to a record cleaning service for around $6.00 !  But you must go to the post office and request " Media " Shipping .

Just called my local record store..and they said they charge $4 a record and would give a better price if I have alot of vinyl (which i do)

I asked what machine they use and they said the Humminguru which is the one I had my eye on.

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