LP Cleaning Question

I've used many of the products used below and most are pretty good. I have had the best luck with Gruv Glide. Gruv Glide completely knocks out the static, cleans and enhances trackability. There is an audible improvement with Gruv Glide. It's a stereophile recommended product. I've used it for over 10 years treating over 500 records without a single problem. 1 kit does about 125 records. I get it at Needle Doctor & Music Direct who has it on sale now.
Hope this helps.

Hififile, have you ever used a VPI or Nitty Gritty and then the Gruv-Glide or just the Gruv-Glide, etc ??? How do you apply / remove this stuff ? I've seen it but never used it. Sean
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Dear Sean,
I've used the nitty gritty. Wet washing completely removes the Gruv Glide product, which is a good thing. It shows it does not 'attack' or alter the structure of the vinyl. That was my big beef with L.A.S.T. (also good stuff). Once the LAST was on, it was on for good. If you didn't like what it did to your record you were out of luck. All of us in our record/music club (informal bunch of guys who love records)
stick with Gruv Glide because it works the best, and is a phenomenal value. Hope this helps.

Sean,
I forgot to add how Gruv Glide is applied. Gruv Glide is an aerosol product that is sprayed onto a very unique feeling applicator pad (2 come in the kit). The applicator pad is placed face down onto the record which you manually spin on the platter. The Gruv Glide goes on dry. And believe me you can hear immediate improvement in the records sound.

Happy Holidays everyone. As reading this thread i was about to play a BS&Ts lp. So i decided to try something. I cleaned the album with a new sponge and common hand soap from a bar. I turned the water to warm in the bathtub and carefully cleaned the grooves in a pattern consistant with the rotation being careful to not get the inner lable wet. Than put the hairdryer on and shook off the excess beads of water, than wiped dry with a fine cotton cloth. Played the album within minutes and not a snap crackle or maybe a couple of faint pops...!! I don't listen to my CD anymore. The analog just makes me forget about the equipment and is better for my state of health. I just can't see spending hundreds of dollars on an exotic vacumm cleaning machine that is a hassle when some soap and warm water and sponge and a clean lent free cloth works great and only takes a couple of minutes and cost nothing. This is a good album, BS&T's. Let the spinning wheel spin......!! and show you the colors that are real...!! Happy 2002 you spinners -- Mike