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Got an LP cleaner you want to make money on?

The subject has come up about cleaning vinyl LPs and how expensive some of the effective LP cleaners are out there. Usually out of the monetary reach of the average vinyl player who still would like to listen to clean, quiet LPs on their turntables.

I was wondering, since many of the members here may own such equipment, whether there might be a chance to connect through Audiogon some of the owners of these cleaners who may be willing to offer their use, for a price of course, with the vinyl lovers in their particular area.

At least they could recoup some of the cost and at the same time help out others of like interests, namely enjoying listening to LPs with the least amount of pops and snaps..

What do you think? Would you owners of such equipment be interested such a service?
altaylorwood
altaylorwood OP
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Sure Whart, if you see something on your record clean it off. Absolutely. Common sense.

I was addressing the notion espoused by some, more than likely originating from makers of LP cleaners, and then repeated by others that there are artifacts left in the grooves from the manufacturing process.
altaylorwood OP
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Continuing from my last post..
Stuff does eventually get down into the grooves however and no amount of wiping of the surface will get that.. Thus the need for a good effective LP cleaner.
altaylorwood OP
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There is a difference between wiping the dust off the surface with a padded padded velvet covered Discwasher brush and cleaning the record.
altaylorwood OP
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If what some have been talking about when you say cleaning a record is using one of those padded velvet brushes on a new LP, I would advise strongly against doing that. That's as clean as that LP surface is ever going to be.. I just blow off anything that might be on there for as long as possible without ever touching the surface with that brush or anything else. I do use one of those padded velvet brushes occasionally, but only as a last resort and after the LP having been played many times.

If you think that tiny diamond tip maybe catching one or two pieces of lint is capable of causing problems, think about what problems you're causing by dragging that big wide padded velvet brush over the entire new pristine surface, under a great deal more pressure than 1.75 grams, and that is still embedded with all the stuff from every LP you've ever wiped with it. No matter how much you think brushing it off on your pant leg cleans it off.
hevac1
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I now clean records for other vinyl friends from Spin a group of people who meet on Sundays to listen to music. I would have no issues with cleaning records for people in the Boston area if they were interested. There would be a cost but low. This would also be a way to meet new people into the same hobby and that's a good thing. Meeting other people in to this hobby around the Boston area seems more difficult. There are no groups other than Spin that I know of like I see in other states.

As stated earlier shipped records I would not be interested.
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