Whats best for vinyl record cleaning
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Cyro Treated pure mountain spring water fetched by young virgin nymphs filtered with gold plated linen
or Distilled water
or Distilled water
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It has to be Welsh spring water...... 🙂
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destiled water, no doubt of it ,as wood glue doesn´t clean them perfect as i saw a friend of mine doing it to a old Lp he has that was forgoten above a piece of furniture when a party happened and i still have the mint cover of that record from Prince & the Revolution, when of the single "Kiss", late 80´s, i remenber the song playing that night but never again he found the record only later when changing that piece of furniture i notice a record was there, that´s why nobody but a older friend touches my stereo equipment in any of my party´s , it feels old as i think young men don´t get together in their houses with lot´s of alcohol and other type of drugs as the alcohol we provide tastes like water and if you light a cigar it seems the cigar smoke tastes of fruit but engeniers never could drop the level of methanol to legal limits and it´s a drink that doesn´t let you drunk but high with a happy feeling , it´s only a shame that in 40 years of research the tradicional drink never was putted for sale, but i drift a litle as music was played for one or three nights in a row, and i miss those days, not that they stoped to happen but kind of a geriatric feel when looking to eachothers faces some we met when 4 years old, girls or boys but since ever we clean records with a non abrasive soap and with destiled water shoot through a compressor so it could arrive to the deepest grooves but that was then now it´s two machines , a laboratory ultrasound cleaner with a engine that rotates the Lp´s also a based on water cleaner than let it dry and perfect they stay, using the two diferent methods cleans completelly any record, using only one of them would never clean it perfect.
About mountain spring water it contains particles that can only be removed by destilation of the water, as i worked in a laboratory i destlied water and had a expensive ultrasounds machine when making culutres of bacterial life on blood serum, or vegetal deseases from insects or bacterial also origin, to after clean the material ,never ever i thought that i would use all that equipment to clean records
About mountain spring water it contains particles that can only be removed by destilation of the water, as i worked in a laboratory i destlied water and had a expensive ultrasounds machine when making culutres of bacterial life on blood serum, or vegetal deseases from insects or bacterial also origin, to after clean the material ,never ever i thought that i would use all that equipment to clean records
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Water or Glue
if you can drink it , you can clean your records with it
if you can drink it , you can clean your records with it
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No , destiled water isn´t for drinking , all that comes with water is out after destiled, like other particles that change from region to region , where i live there´s a high amount of limestone compared to other regions in my country , as all other minerals do are in excessive amount , that leaves residues in the record after dried, the reason why we use destlied water, i can give the example of washing machine for clothes in the back shows the quantity of detergent to put in a wash, in my region you have to put double the quantity of detergent due to the water composition, so regular water leaves a lot of minerals on the record after cleaned like white spots as an example, destlied water when dried leaves nothing.
About glue in theory it should work but depends on the glue as every litle spot in a groove isn´t filled with glue ,allthough most of it does come out but there are a lot of residual dirtness by using glue and it works just not at a 100% of efectiveness, the reason why i use two machines with diferent cleaning types ,it works better this way, if not very dirty also depends of the type of dirt in the record to be more easy to clean , there´s more to it but i think this way it´s understandable
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I’ve been buying LPs since I was about 15, and that’s a long time ago. I realise when reading your post, I’ve never cleaned any of them with liquid, except once there was a little ‘splodge’ mark that ticked, and I used a drop of isopropyl alcohol (which I used for tape heads and styli) on a stylus brush to remove it.
If I had a wet cleaning machine - which I’ve often been tempted by, but never succumbed - I’d use whatever they recommended.
I believe there’s a popular ‘recipe’ comprising distilled water, alcohol, and wetting agent. Some good articles here…
theaudiophileman.com
And this, from the Australian edition of WHF…
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If I had a wet cleaning machine - which I’ve often been tempted by, but never succumbed - I’d use whatever they recommended.
I believe there’s a popular ‘recipe’ comprising distilled water, alcohol, and wetting agent. Some good articles here…
Surfactant: Cleaning Your Vinyl, A Buyer’s Guide
One of the most important tools in the armoury of the vinyl fan, Paul Rigby asks what they are, why they’re important in terms of vinyl cleaning and which surfactants you should buy I’ve been testing and using vinyl cleaning products for well, decades. During that time, I have progressed from...
theaudiophileman.com
And this, from the Australian edition of WHF…
I tested 3 vinyl record cleaning systems – and the results were both revelatory and depressing
A clean-looking record is nice, but a clean-sounding one is what really interests me
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a ultrasound machine and a water based cleaning machine both give a perfect result, but good ones not those at 100€ each
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What do you use to clean yours? Have you tried www.CyroTreatedpuremountainspringwaterfetchedbyyoungvirginnymphs.co.uk
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What do you use to clean yours
KL Audio + CyroTreatedpuremountainspringwaterfetchedbyyoungvirginnymphs
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Very nice machine. so the www.CyroTreatedpuremountainspringwaterfetchedbyyoungvirginnymphs.co.uk definately does work then.
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Get a filter fitted to your cold water tap & you will be able to use that if you don't have any distilled water but you still want to use Isopropanol if you are using a cleaning machine of some kind. I have a Disco Spin Cleaner & it's find for what I paid as long as you look after your records.
Forget all the angst and paranoia so prevalent with cleaning records. Apart from being an industry and out to get your money (!) its actually very easy, cheap and quick to deep clean them with little effort and absolutely no damage.
I am not going to tell you how I do it. Folks that already spent $100’s (1000’s!) on it will reply with vigour and state how important it is to do this, that and the other plus revel in how much they’ve spent on their little machines and potions.
Don’t be a fool.
I am not going to tell you how I do it. Folks that already spent $100’s (1000’s!) on it will reply with vigour and state how important it is to do this, that and the other plus revel in how much they’ve spent on their little machines and potions.
Don’t be a fool.
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Only just read this as I’m about to embark on a vinyl cleaning adventure! The audiophile man article appears excellent (also on YouTube). I’ve just bought the German disco cleaning machine he recommends and gradually collecting his recommended cleaning materials. Will discover in the next few weeks whether or not they work - got a few 2nd hand lps that sound pretty poor at the mo!I’ve been buying LPs since I was about 15, and that’s a long time ago. I realise when reading your post, I’ve never cleaned any of them with liquid, except once there was a little ‘splodge’ mark that ticked, and I used a drop of isopropyl alcohol (which I used for tape heads and styli) on a stylus brush to remove it.
If I had a wet cleaning machine - which I’ve often been tempted by, but never succumbed - I’d use whatever they recommended.
I believe there’s a popular ‘recipe’ comprising distilled water, alcohol, and wetting agent. Some good articles here…
Surfactant: Cleaning Your Vinyl, A Buyer’s Guide
One of the most important tools in the armoury of the vinyl fan, Paul Rigby asks what they are, why they’re important in terms of vinyl cleaning and which surfactants you should buy I’ve been testing and using vinyl cleaning products for well, decades. During that time, I have progressed from...
And this, from the Australian edition of WHF…
I tested 3 vinyl record cleaning systems – and the results were both revelatory and depressing
A clean-looking record is nice, but a clean-sounding one is what really interests me
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He recommends even cleaning brand new vinyl as some can contain residue from the production process …
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Hi. Which German cleaning machine are you talking about. I have improved the sound of numerous new records by cleaning them it's good practice.
It’s the Knosti Disco Antistatic that Phil Rigby mentions as the best bang for buck simple cleaning machine. I’m also busy collecting various products that he lists and hope to start cleaning next week.
The complete kit has probably cost me about £120 but I’m hoping this will be worth it if I can properly clean 2nd hand vinyl costing £10 instead of £25+ for new. It may prove to be be a fool’s errand but I’m hopeful at present - Paul Rigby appears to know his stuff. Will feedback when I’m able.
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I use distilled, both to mix the cleaning solution for my vacuum machine and for the ultrasonic rinse. I did look into it briefly a while ago and consensus seemed to be distilled is better than deionised.
That said, I haven't tried www.CyroTreatedpuremountainspringwaterfetchedbyyoungvirginnymphs.co.uk yet. Will do and report back.
That said, I haven't tried www.CyroTreatedpuremountainspringwaterfetchedbyyoungvirginnymphs.co.uk yet. Will do and report back.
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