Anti static guns

Mattmiller...is Gruv Glide for cleaning the only the surface of a record? It does not clean inside the grooves, correct?

Not true, it cleans the grooves and eliminates static and repeals dust. It also protects against needle wear. I wont spin a record without it.

Dear Rockitman: You are right but remember that the item is only a " help " and static is always there/around, to reduce it is a " help " and better that " nothing ". Don't you think?

Regards and enjoy the music,
R.

Simple test, pull 12 inches of Scotch tape off a roll quickly. Note that if you dangle it from your fingers, if you bring your other arm near it the free end of the tape will move over to that arm. Now Zerostat it. Do the same test. Using a properly functioning Zerostat the tape will hang straight down when you bring your other arm near it.

To recharge the tape to do the test again, just stick it down on a table and pull it up quickly a few times.

Gruv Glide your records and you wont have any static...

Nor any music. ;-)

@Lowrider,
Gruv Glide is not a cleaning product, it's a lubricant. Properly applied it does indeed go down into the grooves. By design it leaves a thin, residual film on the groovewall surfaces.

This creates quieter backgrounds, dramatically so with some records. It also masks the smallest groove modulations, making higher frequencies and the full amplitude of each waveform unplayable by the stylus.

Surface noise can also be reduced by methods that do not impair (and in some cases improve) the full depth of musical information. OTOH, some of those methods are expensive, whereas Gruv Glide is relatively cheap. As in most things audio, it's a choice each of us must make based on individual listening preferences and circumstances.