"Cleaning" Vinyl Makes It Worse Not Better!

@unclewilbur 

...I tried to post a picture here, but it didn't work. Any suggestions would be appreciated. 

Try this:

1. Write your text.

2. Open a new browser tab and find a Photo already uploaded to the web. If you have an image you want to use it must be stored elsewhere on the web. Flickr and Imgur are two services that allow this, and can be free.

3. Right-click (Windows)/control-click (Mac) on the image

4. A pop-up menu appears
    select ‘copy image address’

5. Go back to your Audiogon post and click in top bar: 6th icon from left:

6. Dialog box appears: paste copied image URL in the box
    No need to do anything else.

7. Click OK

8. Post your response

@elliottbnewcombjr 

Thanks for the info on where to buy the mirror.  I have two slightly different ones on order from Temu, and Amazon will be my backup plan.  i have had varying experiences with Amazon.  Say no more!

Ultrasound bath is the way to go.  And perhaps a rinse and vacuum after.  But ultrasound is a total game changer for cleaning LPs.  A revolution.  A breakthrough.  A paradigm shift.

I could go on but you get the idea...

@unclewilbur 

everyone

I made a Virtual System called MISC on this site, just to upload pics from my computer that I want to show here. Once there, do just as noted by dogberry above;

IMAGE: any web image, right click, copy image address. in your post window, click the 6th icon from the left, paste the image address in the URL box

IMAGE SIZE: I was getting distorted pics inserted, a member here had me simply enter the width box, enter 555, click OK (it automatically retains the aspect ratio of the original).

Hit return after you insert, that moves the insertion blinker below the photo in case you want to add more text, or other links, images.

LINK: any web address, you copy it, then in your post go to the 4th icon from the right, (right of the smiley) (it's a symbol of a chain LINK). click, paste the full address in the URL box, then you can name it anything you want in the top box 'display text'.

@whart I agree with you about Neil Antonin. He has developed a very good manual cleaning method which no doubt does an excellent job. But if you have many records to clean it will take forever.

About five years ago I hooked up with Rush Paul, via the VPI forum, whose technique for US cleaning you also published. The biggest expense of that method is the Vacuum RCM. I use a VPI MW-1.

Neils statements about US and Vacuum RCMs are based on readings, not practical experience. With all of the research that went into the chemical formulations before Rush settled on his mix was done with chemists and audio engineers. I am skeptical that Neil can provide any more favorable methods for the US/Vacuum RCM technique.without that experience.

His tome contains a wealth of knowledge and has helped me better understand the value of the Rush Paul method. So far Triton-X100, which Neil said was being taken off the market years ago, is still available and all of the other ingredients are easily obtainable, even the 200 proof ethyl alcohol, which Neil said is not available. That has fueled my skepticism.

My system is very unforgiving to record noise. I went through half a dozen different methods. Since I have used this technique I am pleased to report complete silence with a black background.

’Nuf said.