wet cleaning brushes

[spl84]

I'm seriously considering getting an RCM and would like to know what are some of the better brushes for wet cleaning vinyl? Or are there no specific brushes made for this?

 

[nads]

The one that comes with the kit.

If it does not then I would look at other kits.

Recently got a Wet Goat. As my original has had a lot of use.

 

[nads]

Well a half year of use I think I will make a comment on the wet goat brush.

It is stiffer than my old one that came with the OKKI NOKKI but it sheds like a dog. The old one has not and still does not shed. And that must be 15 years old.

 

[Gray]

....but it sheds like a dog.

I've only ever used a dry (Hunt EDA carbon fibre) brush on my vinyl.

For a record brush to be any good, its bristles must be finer than groove width right?

So are some of those shed wet goat bristles ending up in the groove?

 

[nads]

I've only ever used a dry (Hunt EDA carbon fibre) brush on my vinyl.

For a record brush to be any good, its bristles must be finer than groove width right?

So are some of those shed wet goat bristles ending up in the groove?

No as per the name you use it when wet cleaning.

 

[spl84]

I've only ever used a dry (Hunt EDA carbon fibre) brush on my vinyl.

For a record brush to be any good, its bristles must be finer than groove width right?

So are some of those shed wet goat bristles ending up in the groove?

This is one reason I prefer a wet vac machine like my VPI Cylone. Any dust, dirt, debri, etc will be dispersed into the cleaning solution if enough is applied. Then the high power vac does the rest. I now have several different types of brushes and I use them all when cleaning records. I start off with the mofi brush which has the finest bristles, it's almost like a velvet type cleaning surface. I use it for the initial agitation, then move on to the stiffer "goat hair" style brushes like the one that came with the machine to really agitate more and get the suds to going, then follow up with a rinse of deionized water. I love the results.