I have a serious phobia problem with cleaning records
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We use a painters pad (thousands of little soft bristles) either Dawn or ivory soap, run the brush around the record numerous times, rinse in sink with water on halfway to keep the air out of the stream, the aeration will cause water to not get in the grooves,...use luke warm water (almost cool to touch). I towel dry with a very old worn cotton towel , so there is no cotton, or residue , then I fire up the shop-vac , with the thin attachment, which I cut pieces of felt w adhesive on back side, all the way around the attachment, works a charm, sucks water, dust, dirt, out like a champ! Unconventional, yes, works awesome. Takes much longer than a 600$ machine, and I feel works better. My opinion only. We each have our own way to clean our lps’ Also, I bought the mofi and dishwasher rice inner sleeves. And the Japanese resealable mylar outer sleeves. All my records are now immaculate and in storage. After I recorded many of them to a computer and burned them to taiyo yuden cd blanks. Also, stop overthinking it, they are records. unless you clean them with a wire brush and comet, you will be fine. Enjoy the music! |
I just received the Nitty Gritty Mini Pro 2 got never used for 600 BUCKS not sure if it’s a POS or what.. It was never used but from the guy at Nitty Gritty the machine is 10 years old from the serial number and used what was left of the Pure 2 that came with the machine that was also 10 years old how long are these fluids good for I have a bottle here of MOFI PLUS Enzyme cleaner but was told never put like that type of fluid in the one tank just the Pure 2 only that means manual brushing with the MOFI brush I have probably contaminated I also found this spray bottle of PFAN STAT to eliminate static I can’t remember if that was crap or if the MOFI liquid I have is crap or if the Nitty Gritty chemicals is crap . I used it on a few records. And then played them ... I think I heard a difference in sound but the crackles pops tics were all still there. I felt like throwing the machine out the window thru the glass... I don’t know what I’m doing wrong. And a degritter and that Kirmuss guy sure the machine is the easy part but then it’s like you shave the record manually like 2 times... He’s been called the snake oil in the business. Also the vacuum works like any other but the pump and dispenser doesn’t really coat the record like your black painting a record with fluid... I don’t maybe I should quit LP’s and go back to singing in the shower. Or what I should of done sent 50 records to one of these professional record cleaners let them do for 200 bucks and been done with it.. But no crackles tics or pops. Scratches well the record is ruined. I don’t play those. Then there’s declicking ... Forget that... This is too much as it is... When you don’t what your doing you go mad. Seems like the 2.5 FI - XP with the two pumps it's cheaper but does it do more. Why does that machine have two pumps and the Mini Pro 2 has one I know cleans both sides at the same time... Maybe I should kidnap Kirmuss and make him do all my records since he seems to know everything while banging that bunny on his head. |
Listen to whart, a RCM is nothing more than another way to spin a record. How clean it gets has little to do with the RCM and almost everything to do with YOU- what solutions you use with it, and in what order, and especially how fastidious you are about keeping the vacuum nozzle brushes clean. Because, if you want your records really clean then whatever you use and however you do it that last final rinse and vacuum is what will determine your final results. You can do everything else perfect and if the last vacuum is done with anything other than perfectly clean bristles all you are doing is smearing goop around on your nice clean record. That is why Better-records.com uses the machine that constantly feeds a brand new perfectly clean thread to vacuum. That is why the only thing I use my VPI for is to vacuum off the final rinse. A lot of the different opinions and results you will hear stem from this one important point. You can use all the best stuff in the world and get mediocre results because you didn't use it properly. Or you can use Dawn or just about anything else and get stellar results because you did it right. It ain't rocket science. It ain't nothing to be afraid of. If you find yourself paralyzed with fear just remember, baby steps. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl6s6DGapug |
