Vinyl Cleaning

[BonnieBilly]

just wondering what everyone uses to clean their vinyl...

someone i know is checking out whether this crowd ship to ireland.

i've not got a massive quantity of vinyl but want to keep it sounding good.

cheers,
daithi.

[Fran]

I use a home made wet vacuum system. Solution I use is 75% RO water, 25% isopropanol and about 10mL of rinse aid as a wetting agent. Sucks off nice and clean and leaves no residue, and is pretty much a must after buying second hand records. Even some new ones benefit - I sometimes hear a few clicks in a particular spot on a new LP and a run with the cleaner nearly always sorts it out.

One of the best options would be for a few lads to go together and get an okki nokki or something like that. If 4 went together for it cost would be small.

FWIW, I've heard it said that that spin system is good enough but it seems to be dependent on a particular type of cleaner...that only they sell. I also think the vacuuming off of the fluid is your best chance of actually removing all the gunk. Its better than nothing though....

Fran

[Fran]

More reading here:
http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f7/has-an ... em-467927/


Fran

[BonnieBilly]

Thanks for the info Fran.

Note to self: need to enable auto-notification of replies to posts.

[tony]

Can ask you about the vacuuming Fran. Have no active turntable at the moment but do have some records that I wouldnt mind playing again at some stage. Are you sucking off the liquid with a wet and dry vac with a soft brush attached? or just with the nozzle .Maybe I am reading the thread incorrectly.

[Fran]

No, you have it right. I made a version of the commercially available ones. So it ain't pretty, but works!

Record is on a platter with s screw down clamp. Cleaning fluid is applied with s brush. Then an arm swings in and brushes the record (wet). Motor turns the record at 20 rpm. Then that is moved back and a suction wand swung over the record and the liquid is sucked off as the lp turns. Turn over and do the other side.


That's it really. Takes a few minutes each side.one or 2 at s tome is grand But more than that gets boring fairly quick. It's noisy too (even the commercial ones are.)

Fran

[DavidMc]

For what it's worth I have a VPI record cleaning setup, if anyones interested in borrowing it for a spring cleaning session.

[tony]

That system is a bit more elaborate than I realised. I thought it was just record on the table with a hoover being used hand held sucking up the gunk.
Very impressive.

[Fran]

Eh, well you haven't seen it yet!!!

[tony]

Ok! I can imagine what it looks like now. It probably wouldnt look pretty sitting on an antique coffee table in the living romm. Maybe sitting beside a bench grinder in the garage would seem its natural home? Hey that doesnt matter if it is as effective as you suggest.