I use Record Research Labs cleaning fluid on my 78 RPM jazz records. Safe and very effective.
How best to clean old 78s.
Well, this is the first time I'm posting in the analog forum. I was wondering if you could help a poor, unenlightened digital format guy.
A friend of mine knows someone that has inherited a collection of old 78 records from circa 1920. They had been stored away, but like anything that's been in existence that long [I guess that would include my dad] they're not in optimum playing condition.
Can you offer some recommendations as to how to clean and/or to a certain extent restore these old records? Would it be much different from your regular cleaning routine?
I apologize for the vague question as I don't know the exact condition of these 78s. I'm told they probably won't be played back on a high end system either.
Thanks in advance,
Dean
A friend of mine knows someone that has inherited a collection of old 78 records from circa 1920. They had been stored away, but like anything that's been in existence that long [I guess that would include my dad] they're not in optimum playing condition.
Can you offer some recommendations as to how to clean and/or to a certain extent restore these old records? Would it be much different from your regular cleaning routine?
I apologize for the vague question as I don't know the exact condition of these 78s. I'm told they probably won't be played back on a high end system either.
Thanks in advance,
Dean