A decent set of beginner advice to care of vinyl


OK, I did some searching on this forum and some of you are really crazy with all the stuff you do to clean the vinyl. It sounds very time consuming.

I am getting back into vinyl and was wondering what are some good (moderately priced) tools to maintain my LPs and keep them in decent condition for years to come. I am not hardcore (not that there is anything wrong with that haha) but want above-average care for my vinyl investment. Please just the basics and nothing that will break the bank.

thanks in advance for your help.
-terry
bokonon42

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Tfkaudio finally figured out the difference between Jaybo and me - he's a wiper, I'm a scrubber. I just knew hanging around here would pay off eventually.

Bokonon42,
I'd recommend what Tvad said, though cheaper brushes would be okay. Nothing wrong with using $2 nylon-bristled Last brushes, or even painting pads from Walmart, to spread the solution he recommended.

AIVS One-Step plus an AIVS Ultra Pure Water rinse works as well as or better than any similarly simple protocol IME.

Another pretty strong recommendation for vacuum removal of whatever cleaning solution(s) and rinse(s) you choose. That doesn't have to be expensive or slow, see several suggestions above. Only we manic scrubbers feel a need to spend thousands of dollars and hours. It's a matter of what you hear and how you react to it, for wipers and scrubbers alike.

Is that dust on my PC screen? Eww! Yuck!! I'm gonna Loricraft it right now.