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Goat Hair Brush

Thought to replace my AudioQuest Carbon Fiber record cleaning brush with the rare, premium record cleaning brushes being manufactured again by Russell Company in England made out of goat hair.

My experience has been that it leaves "way more dust" on the record then a carbon fiber one for dry brushing - it does a terrible job of removing dust from an LP surface and can even add particles/hair to the record surface.

Should have left well enough alone...

Thinking about pulling all the goat hair out from the wood handle and replacing them with the new gray hairs sprouting up on my head everyday. Call it the Silverback Brush (tm).
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davems
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You don't see many dust free goats so I remain a skeptic.
dougdeacon
3,338 posts
 
Try using the goat's hair brush to spread enzyme cleaning solutions around a few old records.

The enzymes will dissolve those hairs in short order - problem solved!
buconero117
2,311 posts
 
Can't wait until Michale Femmer jumps on this as the must have brush, and of course he will make a video of exactly how to properly do the brushing. All for $39.95 plus shipping and handling.
notec OP
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Albertporter, I haven't tried a felt-type brush since back in the days of the Discwasher D4 system. The Milty Duo-Pad does look interesting. I didn't see that it came with a brush for cleaning the pads?

Dougdeacon, I'm gonna give your suggestion a shot. Flood it with pure water afterwards and see whats what. t'aint bein' used for nothin' else no how....

I use Femmer's technique of dry brushing from a video I watched of his called, "It's a Vinylworld After All."
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albertporter
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Albertporter, I haven't tried a felt-type brush since back in the days of the Discwasher D4 system. The Milty Duo-Pad does look interesting. I didn't see that it came with a brush for cleaning the pads?
I use the red plastic cover of the Duo-Pad for that purpose.

The cover must be removed to access the pad. When the pad has completed the job of picking up lint, I use the edge of the cover to sweep the pad clean.

The Milty Duo-Pad works much better than the Disc Washer, at least as I remember.
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